Heavy snows and poor road conditions kept our Southern NH and MA friends home. The rest of us enjoyed a discussion of Zora Neale Hurston's book "Their Eyes Were Watching God". "This remarkable female novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist's factual accounts of Black heritage are unparalleled." All but one of us liked this book. It was a difficult book to read as we are not used to the Southern Florida Black dialect. The content gave us a picture of life in a black communities in Florida during perhaps the 1930's.. We spoke of the courage that the main character "Janie" had to follow her heart and leave a comfortable life...to follow someone she loved.
Voted on the book selections presented by Marilyn. Our choice was "Clara and Mr. Tiffany" by Susan Vreeland. This was to be our book for an April 28, meeting. It appeared that only three people who were present would be available to meet on that date. We knew that two of those not at the meeting would be away at that time. The April meeting will be postponed and we will discuss "Clara and Mr. T" at our May 19, meeting. We are not having a meeting on May 26, as that is Memorial Day weekend.
Our next meeting will be on March 24, at Diane's. Book to be discussed is "Lower River" by Paul Theroux.. We are not meeting on March 31, as that is Easter.
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