January 31, 2010 - Meeting

Our January meeting was held at Pembrook. Book discussed was "Olive Kitteridge" by Ellizabeth Strout. This is a book of short stories about people living in a coastal town in Maine. The stories are linked by the presense and many facets of Olive Kitteridge. We discussed the different sides of Olive's personality and how she related to others. It was my impression that we all liked this book and would recommend it to others. Did we all like the character Olive Kitteridge??? There were mixed feelings.

Our February 28, meeting will be held at Stephanie's home. Book to be discussed is "Sin in the Second City" by Karen Abbott. Stephanine will send out an email regarding the time of meeting.

We voted to read "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers at our March 28, meeting.

Prior to our last meeting, I was contacted by Gary Weimberg of Luna Productions. Gary would like to market DVDs of hightly successful documentaries that he has made. How can he keep films that he cares about in the public eye? His thought was that Book Discussion Groups might also be interested in viewing and discussing documentaries. He suggested that our book club view his production of "The Story of Mothers and Daughters". It was a primetime ABC Special in 1997 and 1999. The subject is timeless....and fits into the twenty-first century as well.
We all may not have daughters.....but, we once had a mother....and we ourselves were daughters.
We discussed the prospect of viewing and discussing the film at a future meeting. The idea was well received.

Links to Gary Weimberg's sites are:
http://www.thestoryofmothersanddaughters.com/
http://www.lunaproductions.com/ourfilms/mothersanddaughters.html
http://www.lunaproductions.com/

Our March 28, 2010, meeting will be held at Claire's home in Bretton Woods. We will arrive at 11am, discuss "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter", eat lunch, view "The Story of Mothers and Daughters, and then discuss the film. Thank you to Gary for the suggestion and for lending us a copy of the DVD. Another film that may be of interest for a future group discussion is Luna Productions "Soldiers of Conscience".