Sunday, March 1, 2009
Book: "When the Crocodile Eats the Sun" by Peter Godwin
We met at Pembrook "Little House".
Most of the group liked the book and others liked some parts of it. The author asked how often we observed news about Zimbabwe and other African countries. Unless we watch BBC, not too often. Many of us are unaware of the way the people in these countries live, suffer, and die. We are unaware of their culture.
This memoir gave us insight into recent history when the white land owners had their lands confiscated or destroyed and the occupants pushed out. He said that it was a bad time for the country when the whites moved in....but, even worse when they moved out. The production of farm grown crops ended.....jobs for the black citizens ceased. Without jobs or food the economy collapsed. The book was a memoir where the author learns about his father's secret past. I will not mention what that was....so as not to spoil the story for those who have yet to read the book.
Our next meeting will be on Sunday, April 5, at Joy's house in Concord. The book will be John Steinbeck's "East of Eden". This book is available at the Thornton Library. Send Joy an email to volunteer to bring either an appetizer or dessert.
Our book for May meeting will be "The Reader" by Bernhard Schlink 224 pages http://www.amazon.com/Reader-Movie-Tie-Vintage-International/dp/0307454894/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235953390&sr=1-1
I checked the Audible.com reviews of the recorded version of "The Reader" and for the most part they were very positive. Two listeners thought the reader was "boring".
Additional Blog Site - It was requested that we have a blog site where we can share recipes. I set one up at http://riverrunrecipes.blogspot.com/
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Yes, many of us are unaware of the way people live, suffer, and die in various cultures, but we have the opportunity to read and learn about them. It is critical that we take this opportunity, for we all belong to the family of man.
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