While most of us did not care for "On Beauty" by Zadie Smith, our group of nine had plenty to discuss about the dysfunctional characters of the book. For the most part, we did not like most of the characters. Kiki ....wife of Howard...mother of Zora, Jerome, and Levi was the exception. In the end it seemed that Kiki became her own woman.
Was the book well written?? Some of us found the first two hundred pages a drudgery to read. The story picked up and became a little more interesting after that point. Smith did do a good job of developing her characters. But...that did not make us like them.
There was much sharing of our personal relationships as they related to characters in the book. Question was asked "What would you do if you were Kiki?". We all had different answers influenced by our own personal lives.
We voted on the book selections submitted by Marlena. Majority vote went to "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker King. This book will be discussed at our September 28, meeting.
Because Labor Day is the last Sunday of August, we changed our September meeting so we will meet on Sunday, August 24, at Judy's house. Book to be discussed is "Middlesex".
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