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Winter 2023 Pageturners Books

The Nine Tailors

January 2023

The Nine Tailors by Dorothy Sayers

  • Tuesday, January 24 – Book Discussion (BTC 120, 2:30pm- 3:30pm)
  • Thursday, January 26 – Movie/panel discussion (MC 100 B&C, 2:30pm- 5:00pm)
Book Details

The nine teller strokes from the belfry of an ancient country church toll out the death of an unknown man and call the famous Lord Peter Whimsey to investigate the good and evil that lurks in every person. Steeped in the atmosphere of a quiet parish in the strange, flat fen-country of East Anglia, this is a tale of suspense, character, and mood by an author critics and readers rate as one of the great masters of the mystery novel.

  • Publisher: ‎ Mariner Books (September 28, 1966)
  • Language: ‎ English
  • Paperback: ‎ 374 pages
  • ISBN-10: ‎ 9780156658997
  • ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0156658997
Outside Mullingar

February 2023

Outside Mullingar by John Patrick Shanley

(this is the Schoolcraft Theatre’s production for early Winter)

  • Tuesday, February 14 – Book Discussion (BTC 120, 2:30pm- 3:30pm)
  • Thursday, February 16 – Movie/panel discussion (MC 100 B&C, 2:30pm- 5:00pm)
  • Watch the Events Virtually
Book Details

Outside Mullingar is about the romance of Anthony and Rosemary, neighbors in rural Ireland, who are nearing their middle years. It is by turns poetic, uplifting, dark and funny as hell. Anthony is an introverted farmer and Rosemary is the woman who vows to have him at all costs. When Anthony’s father threatens to disinherit his son, Rosemary steps into the middle of a land feud and family eccentricities beyond what one might imagine. On the brink of romantic catastrophe, this one-of-a-kind Irish heroine fights against time and mortality in hopes of securing her dream of love.

  • Publisher: ‎ Theatre Communications Group (February 18, 2014)
  • Language: ‎ English
  • Paperback: ‎ 96 pages
  • ISBN-10: ‎ 1559364750
  • ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1559364751
The Russian Five

March 2023

The Russian Five by Keith Gave

  • Tuesday, March 28 – Book Discussion (BTC 120, 2:30pm- 3:30pm)
  • Thursday, March 30 – Meet-the-Author Event with Keith Gave (MC 100 B&C, 2:30pm- 4:30pm)
  • Watch the Events Virtually
Book Details

When the Detroit Red Wings were rebooting their franchise after more than two decades of relative futility, they knew the best place to find world-class players who could help turn things around more quickly were conscripted servants behind the Iron Curtain.

All they had to do then was make history by drafting them, then figure out how to get them out. That’s when the Wings turned to Keith Gave, the newsman whose clandestine mission to Helsinki, Finland, was the first phase of a of a years-long series of secret meetings from posh hotel rooms to remote forests around Europe to orchestrate their unlawful departures from the Soviet Union.

One defection created an international incident and made global headlines. Another player faked cancer, thanks to the Wings’ extravagant bribes to Russian doctors, including a big American car. Another player who wasn’t quite ready to leave yet felt like he was being kidnapped by an unscrupulous agent. Two others were outcast when they stood up publicly against the Soviet regime, winning their freedom to play in the NHL only after years of struggle.

They are the Russian Five: Sergei Fedorov, Viacheslav Fetisov, Vladimir Konstantinov, Vyacheslav Kozlov and Igor Larionov. Their individual stories read like pulse-pounding spy novels. The story that unfolded after they were brought together in Detroit by the masterful coach Scotty Bowman is unforgettable.

This story includes details never before revealed, and by the man who was there every step of the way – from the day Detroit drafted its first two Soviets in 1989 until they raised the Stanley Cup in 1997, then took it to Moscow for a victory lap around Red Square and the Kremlin.

The Russian Five did more to bridge Russian and American relations than decades of diplomacy and détente between the White House and the Kremlin. This is their story.

  • Publisher: ‎ Gold Star Publishing; Reprint edition (February 18, 2020)
  • Language: ‎ English
  • Paperback: ‎ 288 pages
  • ISBN-10: ‎ 1949709582
  • ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1949709582

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Contact Information

Pageturners

Livonia Main Campus

Pageturners Coordinators

Denise Schell
Call: 734-462-7189
Email: [email protected]

Wayne Pricer
Call: 734-462-5317
Email: [email protected]

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