Again a small group, but we got back a couple of snowbirds this month. Everyone liked the book which resonated as a ubiquitous story of community devastation in the rust belt in the wake of the 2008 recession. The author tells personal stories and shows how a whole community suffers from economic forces beyond their control. Who knew that job retraining could be worse than sticking it out with lower wage jobs?
The restaurant was a good choice (leg of lamb and moussaka). Our next book is E. B. White's Writings from the New Yorker, 1927-76. Other titles considered were Bill Holm's The Heart Can Be Filled Anywhere on Earth, Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried, and Thomas Payne's Age of Reason. Next meeting date is set for Tuesday, June 26. Don will suggest the next book.
May 1, 2018
Bring up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel (Fabulous Fern's)
Mantel's novel about the machinations of King Henry VIII and his courtiers was pretty stunning. The author's writing is elegant and approachable and her historical knowledge and insights are impressive. But only two of us made it to our dinner/discussion so we did not really give the book its due. Dinner, though, was excellent.
Afterward, we took a straw poll to determine the next book selection. Janesville: An American Story by Amy Goldstein won out. Other titles considered were How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt and Evicted by Matthew Desmond. Next meeting is May 16.
Afterward, we took a straw poll to determine the next book selection. Janesville: An American Story by Amy Goldstein won out. Other titles considered were How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt and Evicted by Matthew Desmond. Next meeting is May 16.
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