On a lovely June evening, we dined on Handsome Hog's patio and had a wide-ranging discussion about many topics, finally settling on our assigned reading of the month: O'Farrell's "A Marriage Portrait". Loosely based on a true story from the mid-16th century, the author takes us on a winding story, full of beautifully descriptive details about the place and the characters, only to finish with an unexpected outcome. All of us gave the book and the restaurant high ratings. Our next book is March by Geraldine Brooks. Other titles considered were Brooks's Year of Wonders, Stonich's Vacationland, and Krueger's This Tender Land. Roger will suggest the following book.
