Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (2017, 383 pp) - (4,1/5) ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ IFA Tuesday Book Club Book Review by Virginia Manhard Lubin The IFA Tuesday Book Club found Eleanor Oliphant a well-constructed and engaging debut…
The Lightkeepers by Abby Geni (2016, 358 pp) - (4,5/5) ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ IFA Tuesday Book Club Book Review by Virginia Manhard Lubin The Lightkeepers, a debut novel, is a most unusual thriller. We feel the tension, the…
We are currently looking for a club leader to host our Teen club and our High School Club on Wednesday afternoons! If you are interested in intercultural exchange and would like to become involved as one of IFA’s team of…
Les clubs de discussions sont une part très importante de la vie de l’Institut franco-américain où se rencontrent français et américains, petits et grands, qui échangent entre les deux cultures, américaine et française. PROFIL RECHERCHÉ Natif des Etats-Unis, vous avez…
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (2002, 276 pp) - (2,9/5) ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ IFA Tuesday Book Club Book - Review by Virginia Manhard Lubin The Tuesday book club was a bit hard on this first novel…
Mao II by Don DeLillo (1991, 241 pp) - (3,6/5) ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ IFA Tuesday Book Club Book Review by Virginia Manhard Lubin Don Delillo describes the novel as a tool we can use "to think about and…
East, West by S. Rushdie (1994, 171 pp – Short Stories) - (4,8/5) ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ IFA Tuesday Book Club - A Book Review by Virginia Manhard Lubin No wonder Salman Rushdie has been recognized throughout the world…
The Grapes Of Alsace After three red tastings we're going back to some great whites...this time from Alsace!Riesling, Pinot gris and Gewurztraminer, the great grapes from Alsace, come very dry to very sweet. We'll compare these grapes made in Alsace…
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee (3,6/5) (2015, 278 pp) Go Set a Watchman was rejected by Harper Lee's editors in 1957, before she used it as the springboard for her internationally renowned To Kill a Mockingbird. Contemporary American…
To start off the new year, Brian Monks has a very special tasting, a vertical tasting of red Burgundy. Domaine Rossignol-Trapet, of Gevrey-chambertin, has furnished us with bottles of 5 recent vintages [masked]) of their Gevrey-Chambertin veilles vignes. This tasting…