Irving International Women's Consortium

The Faith Club

admin — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 05:04:02 +0000

The City a/Veils by Zoe Ferrais

admin — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 05:01:11 +0000

I picked up this book to try to learn something about how it feels to live in Saudi Arabia, something fiction usually does for me more than non-fiction. It is a murder mystery told in shifting points of view – the non-traditional police detective, the woman investigator, struggling in a non-traditional role, yet required to fit into traditional norms, the highly religious man who has worked with her and cares about her, but cannot accept many things about her, and the American woman whose husband disappears her shortly after she arrives in the country, and who must struggle in a foreign country to find and save her husband and herself.

It was very informative, but even better, very enjoyable to read.

Review by Cathy Cunningham

The Mango Season by Amulya Malladi

admin — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 04:58:01 +0000

I read this book several years ago, and it has really stayed with me. It is about a woman from India who is returning home to India to visit her family. She is tom between wanting to tell them about the American man she is engaged to, and being afraid of their reaction. To complicate this visit, it turns out that her parents have several men lined up for her to meet – and marry!

The story gave me a real feeling of being in India and facing the dilemma the heroine is facing. I highly recommend it!

Review by Cathy Cunningham

The Help

admin — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 04:57:11 +0000

This book may be one of the best I have ever read – or in my case listened to! I listened

to audio books while exercising and I loved listening to this book.

The book is set in the early 1960′s in Alabama and is told through the voices of three

women, Aibileen Clark, a black maid to Elizabeth Leefolt, Minny, Abileen’s friend, a

younger black maid, and Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan, a white woman and a recent college

graduate, who is friends with the women employing the other two women. In the audio

book, the shifting points of view are told through the voices of different narrator and

different styles of speaking and accents are captured. As the story develops, it shows a

very enlightening picture of the struggles of white and black women in the early 1960′s,

but especially the plight of the black women, who had almost no power and no voice.

This book may be one of the best books you will ever read. I highly recommend it!

Review by Cathy Cunningham

IIWC Purse Auction

admin — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:19:31 +0000

Title: IIWC Purse Auction
Location: Las Colinas Country Club
Description: Benefiting the Irving International Women’s Consortium Grant and Scholarship Fund
Date: 04-21-2012
Start Time: 6:00 PM
End Time: 8:00 PM

Purchase your tickets online.

Dancing with The NFL Stars

admin — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:11:30 +0000

Title: Dancing with The NFL Stars
Location: The Atrium at the Granville Arts Center , 300 N. 5th Street , Garland , TX
Description: 1Ticket Price: $100
Dinner & Dance Live Entertainment
Live & Silent Auction Celebration of NFL Moms
Dancing with the NFL Players
Portion of Proceeds will Benefit Boys and Girls Club

Purchase Tickets at:
The Granville Arts Center Box Office
Mon – Fri, 10am – 4pm; (972) 205-2790
Contact: Peggy Jones, 214.384.6032
or Ora Guy 469.524.4509

Start Date: 2011-02-05
Start Time: 20:00
End Date: 2011-02-06
End Time: 01:00