The Campus Community Book Club will meet for our next discussion on May 13th at 12 pm whether we are on campus or not.

On campus we will meet in Morrison Hall's Library. If not on campus we will meet via Zoom. To receive an invitation to the Zoom meeting please register for this event or email mariannesciucco@sunyorange.edu. 

We are reading Ronan Farrow's Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators. Farrow's the "Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter who exposes serial abusers and a cabal of powerful interests hell-bent on covering up the truth. At any cost."

From the Publisher:

"In 2017, a routine network television investigation led Ronan Farrow to a story only whispered about: one of Hollywood's most powerful producers was a predator, protected by fear, wealth, and a conspiracy of silence (Harvey Weinstein). As Farrow drew closer to the truth, shadowy operatives, from high-priced lawyers to elite war-hardened spies, mounted a secret campaign of intimidation, threatening his career, following his every move, and weaponizing an account of abuse in his own family. 

All the while, Farrow and his producer faced a degree of resistance they could not explain - until now. And a trail of clues revealed corruption and cover-ups from Hollywood to Washington and beyond. 

This is the untold story of the exotic tactics of surveillance and intimidation deployed by wealthy and connected men to threaten journalists, evade accountability, and silence victims of abuse. And it's the story of the women who risked everything to expose the truth and spark a global movement.

Both a spy thriller and a meticulous work of investigative journalism, Catch and Kill breaks devastating new stories about the rampant abuse of power and sheds far-reaching light on investigations that shook the culture."

There's a demand for this book, and since we can only obtain ebooks and audiobooks from our local libraries you might want to put your request in soon. Or you may purchase it from your favorite online bookstore.

Questions may be sent to mariannesciucco@sunyorange.edu.