This was a beautiful, sunny, June day. Eleven of us met in Celia's gazebo for the book discussion and then moved indoors for Corn Chowder and Desserts.
Just about everyone disliked "Book of Ages - The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin" by Jill Lepore. We all struggled through the book and felt that it was poorly written. Why was it rated so highly on Amazon???? What was the positive side of the book? We learned about a woman's role in that time period.....mainly to produce more and more children! We learned a bit of American History. Celia liked the book and did a beautiful job of summarizing.
Summary of our June Book.
This is a story of the life of Benjamin Franklin contrasted with the life of his sister Jane.
It is the story of a famous man and an obscure woman.
The story traces the rise of a great man in history and the life during that period of the ordinary woman.
It
was a man’s world. For a woman it was a life of continuous child-birth,
child deaths, daily chores, making soap, clothing, cooking, gardening,
caring for the sick, burying the dead, living at the whim of the men in
her life, grandfather, father, husband,ect. This is a story of women
who were not taught to read, write or participate in their government.
This is a story of the great and the humble.
The contrast in their manner of living is the strength and truth of the story!
We voted for the August book for the list presented by Celia. The majority voted for "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides.
Our July 27, meeting will be held at Marilyn's. Book to be discussed will be "On Beauty" by Zadie Smith.
Because of Labor Day weekend, the August meeting will be held on August 24 (a week early), at Judy's.
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