Great Decisions: U.S.-China Trade Policy

10:30 a.m., Sat, November 22

Recent product safety scares have thrown
the spotlight on the enormous role China
plays in supplying products to the U.S.
Could the large and growing trade imbalance
with China have an adverse effect on the U.S. economy? What role
does the undervalued Chinese currency play?
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Saturday Review Book Group

Award-winning Norwegian novelist Petterson renders the meditations of Trond Sander, a man nearing 70, dwelling in self-imposed exile at the eastern edge of Norway in a primitive cabin. Trond's peaceful existence is interrupted by a meeting with his only neighbor, who seems familiar. The meeting pries loose a memory from a summer day in 1948 when Trond's friend Jon suggests they go out and steal horses. That distant summer is transformative for Trond as he reflects on the fragility of life while discovering secrets about his father's wartime activities. The past also looms in the present: Trond realizes that his neighbor, Lars, is Jon's younger brother, who "pulls aside the fifty years with a lightness that seems almost indecent." Trond becomes immersed in his memory, recalling that summer that shaped the course of his life while, in the present, Trond and Lars prepare for the winter, allwing Petterson to dabble in parallels both bold and subtle.

Saturday, November 15 at 10:30 a.m.
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Coffee & a Book

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

Monday, October 27 at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, October 28 at 10:30 a.m.

• Sign up and reserve your copy of the book a month before each meeting.
• Refreshments will be served.
• Questions? Contact Reference Librarian Monica Teixera at (732) 521-5000

Saturday Review Book Group

Saturday Review Book Group World class athlete and seven-time winner of the Tour de France, Lance Armstrong tells his inspirational story about surviving cancer.

Saturday, October 25 at 10:30 a.m.
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