September 4, 2019

Book Club

If a traditional support group isn’t for you but you still like the idea of participating in a supportive community following a breast or gynecologic cancer diagnosis, join our Book Club.

4th Thursday of the month from 6:00 – 7:30pm

Registration is requested.

Contact Christina or Ali in our programming department via email or (585) 473-8177 for more information about Book Club and other programs and services for breast and gynecologic cancer survivors.

The Breast Cancer Coalition offers programs and services at no charge.

2021 Book selections:

Thursday, July 22: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab; facilitated by Marilyn Ling, MD

France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets.

Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman …more

Click here to join Zoom meeting

Meeting ID: 853 6400 8870
Passcode: 782166

Thursday, August 26: The Library Book; by Susan Orlean; facilitated by Nancy Gadziala, MD

On the morning of April 29, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. As the moments passed, the patrons and staff who had been cleared out of the building realized this was not the usual fire alarm. As one fireman recounted, “Once that first stack got going, it was ‘Goodbye, Charlie.’” The fire was disastrous: it reached 2000 degrees and burned for mor …more

Thursday, September 23: The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead; facilitated by Ren vanMeenen

Thursday, October 28: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig; facilitated by Theo Munson