TIME: 19:30/7:30 PM
PLACE: Harper's Pub, up by Riponne
BOOK: Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design, by Charles Montgomery

Every month, the Lausanne Book Club gets together to grab a drink (beer optional), unwind from work, and talk about a book we picked and read the month previous. We like engaging but relaxed discussions, so feel free to come even if your busy schedule has kept you from finishing the book--or if you haven't read it, but just want to eavesdrop on some interesting book talk!

Our October book HAPPY CITY was suggested by Melania. Here's a quick summary:

"After decades of unchecked sprawl, more people than ever are moving back to the city. Dense urban living has been prescribed as a panacea for the environmental and resource crises of our time. But is it better or worse for our happiness? Are subways, sidewalks and condo towers an improvement on the car-dependence of sprawl?
"The award-winning journalist Charles Montgomery finds answers to such questions at the intersection between urban design and the emerging science of happiness, during an exhilarating journey through some of the world’s most dynamic cities. He meets the visionary mayor who introduced a “sexy” bus to ease status anxiety in Bogotá; the architect who brought the lessons of medieval Tuscan hill towns to modern-day New York City; the activist who turned Paris’s urban freeways into beaches; and an army of American suburbanites who have hacked the design of their own streets and neighborhoods.
"Rich with new insights from psychology, neuroscience and Montgomery’s own urban experiments, Happy City reveals how our cities can shape our thoughts as well as our behavior."

Intrigued? Hope to see you there! Please RSVP and come with 1-2 suggestions for a book (any genre, 500 pages or less, preferably available as an ebook) to read at future meetings. The more people who make suggestions, the more varied and interesting our book selections!

Can't make it? Sign up for our group to get invites to all future meetings. You can also see the books we've read before in our group info.

BOOKS SO FAR IN 2016:
January: GOOD OMENS, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
February: ORPHAN TRAIN, Christina Baker Kline
March: A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD, Jennifer Egan
April: REAL WORLD, Natsuo Kirino
May: PROOF OF HEAVEN, Eben Alexander
July: STORIES OF YOUR LIFE AND OTHERS, Ted Chiang
September: THE SEED COLLECTORS, Scarlett Thomas