Book Club for the month of March is being postponed due to the current health concern with COVID-19. We will re-evaluate over the next coming weeks. The next proposed meeting date is Saturday, May 30, 2020 at 5pm at Dorothy Pender’s house. Her book selection is Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano. We will, of course, re-evaluate through the coming weeks. Take care all.
Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano (Goodreads Author) 4.26 · Rating details · 19,335 ratings · 3,295 reviewsOne summer morning, twelve-year-old Edward Adler, his beloved older brother, his parents, and 183 other passengers board a flight in Newark headed for Los Angeles. Among them is a Wall Street wunderkind, a young woman coming to terms with an unexpected pregnancy, an injured vet returning from Afghanistan, a septuagenarian business tycoon, and a free-spirited woman running away from her controlling husband. And then, tragically, the plane crashes. Edward is the sole survivor.
Edward’s story captures the attention of the nation, but he struggles to find a place for himself in a world without his family. He continues to feel that a piece of him has been left in the sky, forever tied to the plane and all of his fellow passengers. But then he makes an unexpected discovery–one that will lead him to the answers of some of life’s most profound questions: When you’ve lost everything, how do find yourself? How do you discover your purpose? What does it mean not just to survive, but to truly live?
Dear Edward is at once a transcendent coming-of-age story, a multidimensional portrait of an unforgettable cast of characters, and a breathtaking illustration of all the ways a broken heart learns to love again.
June Book Club – Jackie Parker. The book is I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb
We are always looking for author/book suggestions. Please either come to a book club meeting or send in your suggestions so that we can include them with the others. Remember, if your book suggestion is chosen, you’re the next host/hostess!
St. Andrew’s Society of Mid-Maryland
2019 Calendar Events
The St. Andrew’s Society of Mid-Maryland (SASMM) sponsors a variety of events each year and participates in others. Bear with us while we confirm the 2019 dates, but check out the 2018 calendar for an idea of when and where and join us! There is something for everyone!
April
National Tartan Day – April 6 Tartan Day Festival Lions Yard Sale –
Southern Maryland Celtic Festival – 4th Saturday, traveling tent available (reciprocal agreement)
May
Spring Kirkin’ – May 5th Frederick Presbyterian Church
Fairhill Games – normally third weekend, tent available
June
Garrett County Games –
Celtic Night at the Keys
British Car Show – 1st Sunday
September
Fall Kirkin
Virginia Scottish Games – Labor Day weekend (reciprocal agreement)
In The Street – 2nd Saturday
Ligonier Highland Games, traveling tent
October
Richmond Games – usually 3rd or 4th Saturday
November
Maryland Irish Festival – 10th-12th
December
Scottish Christmas Walk – 1st Saturday
Kris Kringle Procession – 2nd Friday
Lads and Lassies –13th
Hogmanay – 31st