Once again, we enjoyed the scenic mountain views from Diane's living room. Beautiful day. No weather issues. Book discussed was "Lower River" by Paul Theroux. We all agreed that Theroux writes well...but, this was a very dark story. After a divorce and sale of his business, our main character "Hock" returns to Mali where he happily spent time in the Peace Corps forty years earlier. This story proved that "You cannot go back". Hock's intentions were good. He wanted to help the people...to continue where he left off. But, times had changed and he had changed, the people of the village had changed. The book was like a nightmare. He was trapped...held captive. Felt hopeless. It was not a pleasant read...and yet written well.
From Malena's suggestions we voted to read "The Art of Hearing Heartbeats" by
Jan-Philipp Sendker at our June 30, meeting.
Marilyn is our club's coordinator for World Book Night. This year, those of us in the North Country applied as a group. We will be receiving twelve orders of twenty books each. These books will be distributed to different organizations in Plymouth, NH...such as the Pemi Youth, Women Against Violence, the Whole Village, Bridge House. The idea of the book distribution is to share our love of books with "Light Readers". The distribution date, World Wide, is April 23. Lori and Claire are sharing their forty books with the Women's Soup Kitchen where Claire volunteers. Marilyn asked for assistance in sorting and packing books for our local organizations. Publicity of the event was discussed.
Because so many members will be out of town on April 28, it was decided that our next meeting will be on May 19, at Marilyn's house. Book to be discussed is "Clara and Mr. Tiffany" by Susan Vreeland.
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