Join host David Hartmann and fellow Columbia alumni as the book club discusses Divide Me by Zero by Laura Vapnyar; a selection by club member Ilya Korzhenevich.

As a young girl, Katya Geller learned from her mother that math was the answer to everything. Now, approaching forty, she finds this wisdom tested: she has lost the love of her life, she is in the middle of a divorce, and has just found out that her mother is dying. Nothing is adding up. With humor, intelligence, and unfailing honesty, Katya traces back her life’s journey: her childhood in Soviet Russia, her parents’ great love, the death of her father, her mother’s career as a renowned mathematician, and their immigration to the United States.

Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Times: 6:30PM Central, 7:30PM Eastern, 4:30PM Pacific. For those in Europe the time is 12:30AM in London on April 16

Location: Zoom Video Conference

Cost: Free

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