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Hi, I am Barbara Rinella!

 

Barbara Rinella, a former teacher, defines herself as an “academic entertainer.” For many years she has been celebrating literature and learning through her delightful programs on current books. New programs  include  "A Tribute to Barbara & George H. W. Bush" based on two wonderful books by their granddaughters: George and Barbara Bush, A Great American Love Story by Ellie LeBlond Sosa and Kelly Anne Chase, and Sisters First by Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush, plus  a dramatization of Fly Girls, How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds And Made Aviation History by Keith O'Brien. Come meet Barbara  and George Bush or Amelia Earhart, and her four terrific, brave lady friends: Ruth Elder, "the Bravest of the Fair and the Fairest of the Brave," Ruth Nichols, "the Flying Debutante," Louise Thaden, the "small town dreamer," and Florence Klingensmith, the "Darling of the Northern Plains."  For Fall, 2019, Cleopatra is returning, as many groups have requested that Barbara again bring to life Stacy Schiff's wonderful biography,  Cleopatra: A Life! New in November, 2019, will be a program on The Mistress of the Ritz by Melanie Benjamin! Barbara is also still presenting her timely program on "A Visit with the Royal Ladies."  Princess Diana, Camilla, Princess Kate, and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex will all appear to celebrate Prince Charles:The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life by Sally Bedell Smith and, of course, Meghan's new baby!!  Other wonderful characters that still come to life are Julia Dent Grant from Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule by Jennifer Chiaverini , Sophie de Vincennes from Where the Light Falls, A Novel of the French Revolution by Allison Pataki and Owen Pataki, and Eliza and Alexander Hamilton from The Hamilton Affair by Elizabeth Cobbs.

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Programs Open to the Public:

 

Programs Open to the Public:

Sept. 12, 2019 - Friends of the Glenview Library, 10:30am, Fly Girls program - Contact Sue Scott, (847) 921-7984 or scottsue34298@gmail.com

Sept. 17, 2019 - Neighbors of Kenilworth, 1pm -Fly Girls. Contact:Kate Peterson, (847) 251-6557 or krpeterson@sbcglobal.net

Sept. 24, 2019 - The Carrington in Lincolnwood, IL, 2-4pm - "A Visit with the Royal Ladies" Contact:

Carolyn Driscoll, (847)-881-3915 or rsvp@thecarrington.com

Sept. 25, 2019 - River Forest Tennis Club, 9AM, Fly Girls - contact MaryLisa Wahlfeldt, (312) 286-5141 or marylisa67@yahoo.com

Oct. 1, 2019 - Tuesday Book Club, Bourbonais - "A Tribute to Barbara & George Bush," - Contact Judy Wilkins. (815) 351-2497 or judlwilk@aol.com

Oct. 2, 2019 - Loyola Graduate Parent Luncheon, Sunset Ridge CC, "A Tribute to Barbara & George Bush" - contact Lynn Egan,   LEgan@loy.org




BOOKS RECOMMENDED BY BARBARA RINELLA, 2019

Non Fiction:

  1. Fly Girls, Keith O'Brien 
  2. George and Barbara Bush, A Great American Love Story, Ellie LeBlond Sosa & Kelly Anne Chase
  3. Sisters First, Jenna Bush Hager & Barbara Pierce Bush
  4. Educated, A Memoir, Tara Westover
  5. Grant & Alexander Hamilton, Ron Chernow
  6. Prince Charles:The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life, Sally Bedell Smith
  7. Megan, A Hollywood Princess, Andrew Morton
  8. Becoming, Michelle Obama
  9. The Moment of Lift, Melinda Gates
  10. Wright Brothers, Wrong Story, William Hazelgrove
  11. The Wright Brothers , The Pioneers, The Path Between the Seas and The American Spirit, David McCullough
  12. In the Eye of the Hurricane, Nathaniel Philbrick
  13. Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8, Robert Kurson
  14. Beauty in the Broken Places, a memoir by Allison Pataki 
  15. First Women,The Grace and Power of America’s Modern First Ladies and The Residence, Inside the Private World of the White House, Kate Andersen Brower
  16. Elizabeth the Queen,The Life of a Modern Monarch,  Sally Bedell Smit
  17. Churchill, Walking with Destiny, Andrew Roberts
  18. Catherine, the Great: Portrait of a Woman,  Robert K. Massie
  19. Let’s Roll: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage, Lisa Beamer
  20. The Good Son: JFK Jr. and the Mother He Loved, Christopher Andersen
  21. Not in Front of the Corgis, Secrets of Life Behind the Royal Curtains, Brian Hoey
  22. What Your Dog’s Breed Says About You, Jo Hoare
  23. Coco Chanel,An Intimate Life, Lisa Chaney
  24. The Chicago Picasso, Patricia Balton Stratton
  25. Save Me the Plums, My Gourmet Memoir, Ruth Reichl
  26. Sisters & Champions, The True Story of Venus and Serena Williams, Howard Bryant (young readers)
  27. Alexander Hamilton, The Outsider, Jean Fritz (middle school)
  28. Aaron and Alexander, The Most Famous Duel in American History, Don Brown (Young Readers)
  29. Harmony, A Vision for Our Future, The Prince of Wales(Young Readers)
  30. The Big Book of Tricks for the Best Dog Ever,  Larry Kay & Chris Perondi

 Fiction: 


  1. The Mistress of the Ritz, Melanie Benjamin
  2. The Summer of '69, Elin Hilderbrand
  3.  Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule,  Jennifer Chiaverini
  4. Where the Light Falls, A Novel of the French Revolution  by Allison Pataki and Owen Pataki
  5. The Traitor’s Wife, The Accidental Empress & Sisi, The Empress on Her Own, Allison Pataki
  6. The Hamilton Affair, Elizabeth CobbsMrs. Grant and Madame Jule, Jennifer Chiaverin
  7. Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens
  8. Lost Roses  & Lilac Girls, Martha Hall Kelly
  9. Save Me the Plums, Ruth Reichl
  10. The Nickel Boys,  Colson Whitehead
  11. The Lost Girls of Paris, Pam Jenoff
  12. Meet Me in Monaco, Hazel Gaynor & Heather Webb
  13. The Girl from Berlin, Karolina’s Twins, Saving Sophie, The Trust and Once We Were Brothers, Ronald H. Balson
  14. When Life Gives You Lululemons, Laura Weisberger
  15. The Island of Sea Women, Lisa See
  16. Manhattan Beach, Jennifer Egan
  17. The Last Romantics, Tara Conklin
  18. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, Gail Honeyman
  19. A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility, Amor Towles
  20. All The Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr ( Pulitzer Prize 2015)
  21. The Nightingale, Kristin Hannah
  22. Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders
  23. Mademoiselle Chanel: A Novel, C. W. Gortner
  24. The Fortune Hunter, Daisy Goodwin
  25. Wonder, R.J. Palacio (young readers or adults)
  26. The Story Orchestra, The Nutcracker, Illustrated by Jessica Courtney-Tickle (music)
  27. A Birth Day for Hannah, Linda Petrie Bunch (young readers)
  28. A Raid of No Return, Nathan Hales (Young Readers)
  29. Nelly Takes New York, Allison Pataki (young readers)
  30. Atrocious Poems A to Z, Thomas L.Vaultonburg and Jenny Mathews (young readers)
  31. Our Great Big Backyard, Laura Bush and Jenna Bush Hager (young readers)
  32. Poems to Learn by Heart and A Family of Poems, Caroline Kennedy