IHSI Book Club - June 2026
2026-06-17 12:00 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | Meridian Hills Country Club, 7099 Spring Mill Rd, Indianapolis, IN, 46260, United States
IHSI Book Club – June 2026
June 17th – Century by Fred Mustard Stewart
*** Read 280 pages or until end of chapter ***
Summary
An entire century is carved into a passionate epic novel that sweeps from Sicilian prison cells to Fifth Avenue mansions. From Brooklyn to Hollywood, this is the story of an indomitable Italian family caught up in the mightiest events of all time.
Club & Book Discussion Leader: Ray Brown (ray.e.brown@sbcglobal.net)
Format: Lunch & Socialize @ 12pm; book discussion follows.
RSVP (rowlettmm@aol.com) appreciated, but not required.
No cost to participate apart from covering your own lunch order & obtaining books.
June 17
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July 15th – Century by Fred Mustard Stewart
*** Continued from prior month; read pages 280 to 560 ***
Summary
An entire century is carved into a passionate epic novel that sweeps from Sicilian prison cells to Fifth Avenue mansions. From Brooklyn to Hollywood, this is the story of an indomitable Italian family caught up in the mightiest events of all time.
Club & Book Discussion Leader: Ray Brown (ray.e.brown@sbcglobal.net)
Format: Lunch & Socialize @ 12pm; book discussion follows.
RSVP (rowlettmm@aol.com) appreciated, but not required.
No cost to participate apart from covering your own lunch order & obtaining books.
July 15
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August 19th – Church of Spies by Mark Riebling
Summary
The heart-pounding history of how Pope Pius XII — often labeled “Hitler’s Pope” — was in fact an anti-Nazi spymaster, plotting against the Third Reich during World War II.
Club & Book Discussion Leader: Ray Brown (ray.e.brown@sbcglobal.net)
Format: Lunch & Socialize @ 12pm; book discussion follows.
RSVP (rowlettmm@aol.com) appreciated, but not required.
No cost to participate apart from covering your own lunch order & obtaining books.
August 19
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September 16th – The Longest Echo by Eoin Dempsey
Summary
Against the backdrop of WWII-ravaged Italy comes a powerful and emotional novel of love, survival, justice, and second chances.
Club & Book Discussion Leader: Ray Brown (ray.e.brown@sbcglobal.net)
Format: Lunch & Socialize @ 12pm; book discussion follows.
RSVP (rowlettmm@aol.com) appreciated, but not required.
No cost to participate apart from covering your own lunch order & obtaining books.
September 16
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October 21st – The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzeti
Summary
An allegorical novel which reflects on the nature of time and human existence. It follows the life of a newly-qualified army lieutenant, Giovanni Drogo, as he heads off to his first posting at a gloomy fortress on the edge of the wilderness which guards the border against a long-dreaded invasion by Tartar forces.
Club & Book Discussion Leader: Ray Brown (ray.e.brown@sbcglobal.net)
Format: Lunch & Socialize @ 12pm; book discussion follows.
RSVP (rowlettmm@aol.com) appreciated, but not required.
No cost to participate apart from covering your own lunch order & obtaining books.
October 21
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November 18th – The Gallery by John Horne Burns
Summary
Set in occupied Naples in 1944, The Gallery takes its name from the Galleria Umberto, a bombed-out arcade where everybody in town comes together in pursuit of food, drink, sex, money, and oblivion. A daring and enduring novel—one of the first to look directly at gay life in the military—The Gallery poignantly conveys the mixed feelings of the men and women who fought the war that made America a superpower.
Club & Book Discussion Leader: Ray Brown (ray.e.brown@sbcglobal.net)
Format: Lunch & Socialize @ 12pm; book discussion follows.
RSVP (rowlettmm@aol.com) appreciated, but not required.
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November 18
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2026-12-16 12:00
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December 16th – I’ll Steal You Away by Niccolo Ammaniti
Summary
Ischiano Scalo. A place where even the main road out to the nearest big town gives up after a couple of miles, where escape from a life of boredom and emptiness is almost impossible. Forced into crimes he never wanted to commit, Pietro reaches crisis point when his parents ignore his pleas for help and his schoolteacher turns her back on him – in desperation, he reaches out for attention, and finds instead a terrible revenge. Escape from Ischiano Scalo comes at a price. Life there will never be the same again.
Club & Book Discussion Leader: Ray Brown (ray.e.brown@sbcglobal.net)
Format: Lunch & Socialize @ 12pm; book discussion follows.
RSVP (rowlettmm@aol.com) appreciated, but not required.
No cost to participate apart from covering your own lunch order & obtaining books.
December 16
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