Welcome readers to the 2nd meeting of the 2025-26 Mary Elizabeth Garret Book Club sponsored by the Welch Medical Library
Wednesday May 6 - 5-6:30 pm. We will gather in-person in the Mary Elizabeth Garrett room #106 on 1st floor Nutting corridor (between the Wolfe St. lobby and the Osler-Halsted building elevators on the first floor of JHH). Light refreshments will be served but there will NOT be zoom this time. JH author Lauren Small who led Afterwards will discuss her new novel Radegonde and the First Crusade.
In the dead of winter in 1096, a young seamstress from northern France embarks on a most improbable journey: a trek across Europe to the Holy Land to liberate Jerusalem. Swept up into the First Crusade, Radegonde and her companions—a formerly enslaved African, a Jewish scholar, a runaway monk, and a Muslim girl—encounter the violence and cruelty of war, but also love, forgiveness, and hope. Radegonde and the First Crusade gives voice to women whose stories are so often overlooked in accounts of the past and brings to life a pivotal moment in history when ordinary people, by transforming themselves, transformed the world.
Please join the in-person discussion of Radegonde and the First Crusade.
If you plan to purchase the book, we suggest that you consider supporting one of Baltimore’s many interesting local bookstores. Currently the publisher (Brickhouse Books) is offering the print version at a 15% discount. It’s also possible to do group orders on their website. In that case, you end up with discounted shipping. The book is available on Kindle on Amazon. The Baltimore County Public Library has 3 copies. Here are some links:
- https://bookshop.org/shop/greedyreads
- https://charmcitybooks.com
- https://bookmanager.com
- https://www.thebookescape.com
Please listen to, read, buy, or borrow the book prior to Wednesday May 6 - 5-6:30 pm so that thoughtful discussion can occur! Invite a friend or two to our book club meeting. Please let Joann Bodurtha ([email protected]) know if you have questions or suggestions. We look forward to seeing you there!
Elizabeth C. Whipple MLS AHIP
Interim Director, Welch Medical Library
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Biomedical Informatics & Data Science Section
Johns Hopkins University & Medicine
Joann N. Bodurtha MD MPH FAAP FACMG
Professor of Genetic Medicine, Pediatrics and Oncology
McKusick-Nathans Department of Genetic Medicine
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Mackenzie Cervenka MD
Professor of Neurology
Director, Adult Epilepsy Diet Center
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine