Our last meeting of 2009, was held at Pembrook, in Woodstock, NH. Eleven friends attended this meeting where we discussed the book "The Housekeeper and the Professor" by Yoko Agawa. http://www.amazon.com/Housekeeper-Professor-Novel-Yoko-Ogawa/dp/B002VPE6WK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260148781&sr=1-1 We all liked the book...some more than others. Good discussion followed. It was pointed out that the professor, housekeeper, and her son Root....became "family". Family does not always follow the common definition of mother, father, and children. Unrelated people can be family to each other. There was also discussion about the meaning of the mathematics that weighed heavily on the story.
For our Community Christmas gift, we decided to donate to Clif (Children's Literary Foundation) http://www.clifonline.org/ Selena is one of the Advisors to the Board and she highly recommended supporting this worthwhile foundation which supplies books to children of Northern New Hampshire and Vermont. Patricia offered to collect the funds and send them to Clif on our behalf. If you did not have a chance to give a donation at our meeting, please forward a check to Patricia as soon as possible. Kathy will send email with P's mailing address.
Being our Holiday get together, we each brought a wrapped book and went on to have our annual Yankee Swap. This was fun for all. See photos.
When each of us arrived at Pembrook, we dropped off our contribution for "Stone Soup". We had a tastey combination of tomatoes, parsnips, peas, lentils, beans, orzo, mushrooms, carrots, onions, and chicken broth. Our "Stone Soup" simmered and blended flavors during the time we discussed our book. We had a variety of cheeses, crackers, bread, and other wonderful spreads and salsa.....and of course a bit of wine...red and white. There were homemade chocolate chip cookies and lemon tea cake.
Our next meeting will be at Pembrook on Sunday, January 31. Book is "Olive Kitteridge. http://www.amazon.com/Olive-Kitteridge-Fiction-Elizabeth-Strout/dp/0812971833/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260150033&sr=1-1
We voted for our February 28, 2010, choice of books. Majority voted for "Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul" by Karen Abbott. http://www.amazon.com/Sin-Second-City-Ministers-Playboys/dp/0812975995/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260145032&sr=8-1 Diane had offered some other excellent choices. Second choice was "Sarah's Key". Location for our February meeting TBA.
We certainly have had another wonderful year of shared friendship and love of books. Happy Holidays to all and best wishes for a happy and healthy New Year.
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