We are seven handsome and charming* guys who meet at a different restaurant every month or so, having read a book in common, and discuss whatever we want--generally the assigned book, but usually many other timely topics as well. We rotate the responsibility to suggest titles, but the group has the final say. Our book club rules: 1) Anything goes, fiction or nonfiction; 2) paperbacks are preferred; and 3) staying under 300 pages is desirable (N.B., we violate this one all the time). We rate all books and restaurants on a 5-point scale.

* All other adjectives were vetoed.

June 7, 2023

A Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell (Handsome Hog)

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.

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