<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div>Hi Folks,</div><div><br></div><div>There is also a TV version on Stars and Amazon Prime. <br><br>It's a fun watch. Not the same depth as the book but a lot of interesting stuff going on. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Smith<br></div>
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Subject: [Hac-announce] March 2020 Book Discussion: "Pillars of the<br>
Earth" by Ken Follett<br>
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Date: Wed, February 26, 2020 1:34 pm<br>
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<div style="color:black;font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <div style="font-size: 10pt;"> <div id="yiv3450475673" style=""> <div style="font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;"> <div style=""> <div id="yiv3450475673" style=""> <div style="font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> <div style=""> <div id="yiv3450475673" style=""> <div style="font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> <div style=""> <div id="yiv3450475673" style=""> <div style="font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> <div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color:black;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><font color="black">Our book for March is <em>Pillars of the Earth</em></font></span><span style="font-size:10pt;"><font color="black"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> by Ken Follett. </span><font size="2">The<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> discussion will take </font></font></font></span><span style="font-size:10pt;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">place Saturday, March 21, 2020 at <font style="background-color:white;">2:30 pm </font>in the Library of </font></span><font style="font-size:10pt;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="black"><font style="font-size:10pt;" color="black">the Unitarian Society of New Haven at 700 Hartford T<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">urnpi</font></font><font style="font-size:10pt;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">ke</font><span style="font-size:10pt;">, Hamden.</span></font></font></div> <div style=""> <div id="yiv3450475673" style=""> <div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> <div style=""> <div id="yiv3450475673" style=""> <div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> <div style=""> <div id="yiv3450475673" style=""> <div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> <div style=""> <div id="yiv3450475673" style=""> <div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> <div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><br> </div> <div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> <div class="yiv3450475673envelope" style="float:none;" align="center"> <div class="yiv3450475673envelope" style="float:none;" align="center"> <div class="yiv3450475673envelope" style="float:none;" align="center"> <div class="yiv3450475673envelope" style="float:none;" align="center"> <div class="envelope" style="float: none;" align="center"><img src="cid:AOLP.8755800" id="TIE.8755800" style="margin: 5px; vertical-align: middle;" alt="Pillars of the Earth.jpg" class="AOLInlineImage" title="Pillars of the Earth.jpg" wbeuser="boborobdos@greatamericanbar.tv" width="275"></div> <div><span></span></div> </div> </div> <br> </div> <div><span></span></div> </div> </div> <div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">From Amazon:</span><br> </div> <div style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""><font style=""> <div style="font-weight: normal;"> <div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;background:white">The Pillars of the Earth</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;background:white"> tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has known . . . of Tom, the mason who becomes his architect—a man divided in his soul . . . of the beautiful, elusive Lady Aliena, haunted by a secret shame . . . and of a struggle between good and evil that will turn church against state and brother against brother.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><br> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;background:white">“…[An] historical novel of gripping readability, authentic atmosphere, and memorable characterization. Beginning with a mystery that casts its shadow, the narrative is a seesaw of tension, suspense, impeccable pacing . . . action, intrigue, violence, passion, greed, bravery, dedication, revenge, and love. A love that entertains, instructs, and satisfies on a grand scale." <i>—Publishers Weekly</i></span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><b> </b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;background:white;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">“[M]y interest in philosophy stemmed from the agonizing conflict I had over whether or not I believed in my parents' religion. In the end, I completely rejected it. I'm not a religious person. I'm an atheist. I ended up being the absolute opposite of my parents."</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">– Ken Follett, Huffington Post interview, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></div> </div> <div style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: New;"><span style="background: white;"><br> </span></span></div> <div style="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="background: white; color: red;">Note: This is a long (almost 1,000 pages) book but it is a page turner, so start now and you will be able to easily get through it.</span></span></div> <div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:New;"><span style="background:white;"><i><br> </i></span></span></div> </div> </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font> <div style="color: black; 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