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Band of Sisters Celebrates Valentine’s Day & Plans Book Chat

Posted: 2/5/2026

The USNA 1966 “Band of Sisters” celebrated Valentine’s Day in their semi-monthly zoom. In addition to donning festive colors and sharing favorite Valentine’s memories (did you know Jane Marrone met her husband, Sam, on a Valentine’s Day blind date?!), the group discussed the upcoming Book Chat.

All ’66 wives, widows and friends are welcome to join the Feburary 18 zoom at 4 pm Eastern time. The gals will catch up on all the news and then enjoy a lively Book Chat conversation starting at 4:30 pm.

The Feb. 18 Book Chat will address 2 books (one fiction, one nonfiction) that were selected from the USNA 66 Band of Sisters Annual Book Recommendations list:

  • All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley. A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former New Yorker staffer who spent a decade as a museum guard. In the tradition of classic workplace memoirs, it is a surprising, inspiring portrait of a great museum, its hidden treasures, and the people who make it tick, by one of its most intimate observers. (We encourage you to visit an art museum or gallery before the book chat!)
  • Maisie Dobbs (#1) by Jacqueline Winspear. The first in a series of 18 historical mystery novels. The novels, set between 1929 and 1945, follow the adventures of private investigator and former World War I field nurse Maisie Dobbs, and examine the impacts of war on ordinary people. The entire series is engaging and easy to read, with terrific writing and great character development. The Book Chat will only cover the first book.

Click HERE for printable details.


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