Join the Brown Bag Book Club!
Thu, 09/16/2010 - 10:47 — kfoster3
The Brown Bag Book Club at the Madison College Watertown Campus Library is off to another interesting year. Nationally known author, Jennifer Thompson-Cannino, author of Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption joined the book club discussion via telephone conference on September 14.
The book is a true story that began in 1984, when a man broke into 22 year-old Jennifer Thompson apartment and committed a brutal crime. She escaped and picked her attacker, Ron Cotton, out of a lineup, sending him to prison. Eleven years later, with the help of DNA evidence, the innocent Ron Cotton was released from prison. Jennifer and Ron eventually meet and what transpires is a compelling story of courage and the power of forgiveness.
Learn more about What Jennifer Saw which aired on Frontline in Feb. 25, 1997.
The title currently being read is Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith. The discussion group will meet at Watertown, Room 109 on October 12 from 11 a.m. to noon. Get to know some good books and your colleagues. Join us!