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7:30 PM -- The HP Book Club discusses "The Housewife Loved a Bandit", by Larry Baran

When:
Monday, November 20, 2017, 7:30 PM
Where:
Treasure Island basement meeting room


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Discussing Books About Hyde Park: In collaboration with the Hyde Park Historical Society, this group gathers to discuss books centered around themes especially relevant to Hyde Park and Hyde Parkers. Readers are encouraged to read anything they can find about the topic, and come together to consider various perspectives.
The group meets at 7:30 on the third Monday each month in the Community Room of Treasure Island (downstairs.
Everyone is welcome (even if you aren't prepared!)


The book for the November 20th book club meeting is:

The Housewife Loved a Bandit, by Larry Baran, 2017. This is a memoir of the adventures of the author's mother set in Hyde Park (Ridgewood Court among other Hyde Park addresses), in the 1950's.  Larry has agreed to join us on November 20.  It should be a lively meeting.

"My mother is the only woman to escape from the Sarasota County Jail."

That begs the question "What was your ma doing in jail?" In 1953, she left her husband and six kids in the Hyde Park Chicago neighborhood for a 7 month coast-to-coast crime spree. Flo Baran and Bill Gaskell used guile, guts and a gun to support their illicit lifestyle. Their little fun ride together came to a surprising end at a Miami motel. You know, just like a tale of love, adventure and betrayal should.

The book is available at 57th Street Books.