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Alumni Book Club: The Splendid and the Vile


Hillside Book Club

Our Hillside Book Club continues to be a great success. It is an easy-going group that meets virtually during the year and discusses books that have a South Kent connection.

Our last book was The Secret Life of the American Musical by Jack Viertel. Great stories were shared about The Playhouse thanks to Marge Smith who led the discussion.

With alumni military service in mind, our next book is The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers an intimate chronicle of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz—an inspiring portrait of courage and leadership in a time of unprecedented crisis.

The plan is to hold this book club meeting over the winter when SKS Trustee Ted D’Atri ’82 will lead the discussion. This will be another Zoom call not to be missed; I hope you will join.

Interested in joining our upcoming discussion or have a book you would like to suggest? Have a question about our book club? Please email me at [email protected].

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