Event name
LV Book Club
When
Fri 01 / 17 / 2025
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Where
Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church - Chapel Bldg, Counseling room
49 Knox Drive
Lafayette CA 94549
49 Knox Drive
Lafayette CA 94549
Who can attend
Members and Volunteers
Price
FREE
January's book "The Physician" by Noah Gordon was published in 1986 selling over 9 million copies.
The author was the son of a pawnbroker in the tenements of New York Lower East Side.
He wanted to make a living as an author and in 1965 his book "The Rabbi" enabled him to do just that.
Noah Gordon died in 2012 at age 95.
This book is about an orphaned boy, Rob J., given to an itinerant barber-surgeon in the 11 the century.
He became a fast-talking swindler peddling worthless medicine. He yearns to become a healer.
He is determined to make a perilous journey to Persia where he studies under a renowned physician.
This long book (760) pages is a fascinating tale of his struggles and those of the people in his life.