LUNCH.COM
Lunch.Com meets every Friday at 1:00 p.m. for lunch. Every week is a different location, and members receive an emailed invitation with details. March 7 found us at Banana Leaves Asian Restaurant and Sushi Bar in Madison.
GREAT DECISIONS
Great Decisions study group meets monthly on the 2nd Monday at 7 P.M. at the home of Lois Guendel. All AAUW members are invited to participate.
Members of the group read a chapter in the Great Decisions Study Guide in preparation, and a member leads a discussion of it. Chapters for this year are:
- Energy Geopolitics
- War Crimes
- China and the U.S.
- Economic Warfare
- Politics in Latin America
- Global Famine
- Iran at a Crossroads
- Climate Migration
BOOK CLUB
¡Adelante! Book of the Month Club usually meets on the fourth Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m. The November meeting to discuss The First Ladies by Marie Benedict will be November 24, 2025, at 5:30 pm. The location: Zoom. For more information, contact: Karen Rudiger, Patricia Smith, or June Wilson.
2025-2026 ¡Adelante! Reading List
The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in and Age of Extremism by Tim Alberta
In The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory, journalist Tim Alberta, himself a practicing Christian and the son of an evangelical pastor, paints an expansive and profoundly troubling portrait of the American evangelical movement. Through the eyes of televangelists and small-town preachers, celebrity revivalists and everyday churchgoers, Alberta tells the story of a faith cheapened by ephemeral fear, a promise corrupted by partisan subterfuge, and a reputation stained by perpetual scandal.
Lovely One: A Memoir by Ketanji Jackson
Named “Ketanji Onyika,” meaning “Lovely One,” based on a suggestion from her aunt, a Peace Corps worker stationed in West Africa, Justice Jackson learned from her educator parents to take pride in her heritage since birth. She describes her resolve as a young girl to honor this legacy and realize her dreams: from hearing stories of her grandparents and parents breaking barriers in the segregated South, to honing her voice in high school as an oratory champion and student body president, to graduating magna cum laude from Harvard, where she performed in musical theater and improv and participated in pivotal student organizations.
The First Ladies by Marie Benedict
Friendship between Eleanor Roosevellt and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune.
Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks
“Brooks tracks the geography of grief with patience and grace as she comes to terms with the ongoing nature of outliving the ones you love most. … Her memoir is certainly a testament to her own unique loss, but it’s moreover a lifeline to others who will find themselves in this familiar, shattered landscape of grief.” —Los Angeles Times
The Book of Gutsy Women by Hilary and Chelsea Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, share the stories of the gutsy women who have inspired them—women with the courage to stand up to the status quo, ask hard questions, and get the job done.
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb
I AM MALALA is the remarkable tale of a family uprooted by global terrorism, of the fight for girls’ education, of a father who, himself a school owner, championed and encouraged his daughter to write and attend school, and of brave parents who have a fierce love for their daughter in a society that prizes sons. I AM MALALA will make you believe in the power of one person’s voice to inspire change in the world.
The Small and the Mighty by Sharon McMahon
In The Small and the Mighty, Sharon McMahon proves that the most remarkable Americans are often ordinary people who didn’t make it into the textbooks. Not the presidents, but the telephone operators. Not the aristocrats, but the schoolteachers. Through meticulous research, she discovers history’s unsung characters and brings their rich, riveting stories to light for the first time.
The Boomerang by Robert Bailey
The president of the United States has terminal cancer. Chief of Staff Eli James, his faithful consigliere and best friend, is one of the few who know. But just as the president’s condition mysteriously improves, Eli’s hit with another blow: his daughter has cancer too. Hell-bent on helping her, Eli turns to Big Pharma’s top lobbyist for advice, but their encounter yields more questions than answers.
The Siren’s Call: How Attention Became the World’s Most Endangered Resource by Chris Hayes
From the New York Times bestselling author and MSNBC and podcast host, a powerful wide-angle reckoning with how the assault from attention capitalism on our minds and our hearts has reordered our politics and the very fabric of our society.
Attack from Within by Barbara McQuade
An urgent, comprehensive explanation of the ways disinformation is impacting democracy, and practical solutions that can be pursued to strengthen the public, media, and truth-based politics