Lori summarized the March 30th meeting:
We met at Stephanie's and we were a VERY small group (only 5). We enjoyed the quiet, intimate
discussion, despite missing all that weren't there. Not surprisingly,
there were still plenty of delicious things to eat, even though we
were a small group.
Book discussed was "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien. This memoir tells of the men Tim O'Brien met while serving in the Vietnam War. One of our group didn't like the book, mostly because of the violent subject matter, but also because of the structure of the novel (back
and forth in time, seemingly without reason). The rest of us thought
it was an incredibly good depiction of a difficult subject matter.
Each of us has our own memories of the time period, which was also
interesting to talk about. (KD - I was not at the meeting, but, liked the book as it gave me greater understanding of the men who served their country in an unpopular war. I do not agree with the war....but, honor those who served.)
The book chosen for May (we assume the date will be Sunday, May 25th
since none of us at the meeting cared that it was over Memorial Day)
was" Lowland" by Jhumpa Lahiri. Celia has offered her home for the May meeting.
The next meeting will be Sunday, April 27th, and the book we are
reading is The Dovekeepers. Diane has offered to have the meeting at her house.
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