The book is considered a classic and was made into at least two movies, but for the most part, we found the story and portraits of the victims of the bridge collapse interesting but not especially compelling or meaningful. Nevertheless, we were happy to get this book into the "already read" category. Our restaurant, at 50th and France, offered excellent food options, but the place was a little noisy. Our next book will be Timothy Egan's Fever in the Heartland. Other titles: Joan Didion, Year of Magical Thinking, Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go, and Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow. Our next meeting will be Tuesday, Oct. 29 and Peter will suggest the next book.
