Submitted by Lori...
We had a very nice meeting at Ann's house in Nashua discussing Age of
Iron by J. M. Coetzee. Most (but not all) felt the book was extremely
well written, and were impressed that the author could write on such a
depressing topic (a woman dying of cancer during the violent end of
South African apartheid with only a homeless man as a companion) and
yet make the book uplifting. This short book of only about 200 pages
yielded interesting discussion on a number of topics including the
main character's relationship with her daughter living in the US,
whether or not the homeless man in the story was black or white (we
realized that the author never actually said and there was a
difference of impression among us), the symbolism in the book (e.g.
the main character's cancer representing apartheid), and many other
topics. Claire had many interesting points to bring up as discussion
leader, Judy had many post-its as usual, and the discussion was
lively. Some found the book difficult to get through, while others
read it quickly within a day or two. The food was delicious and
plentiful, as usual.
The May meeting will be on Sunday, May 31st, and will be at Diane's
new house (please correct me if I'm wrong about this). We will discuss
Shanghai Girls by Lisa See. We will also pick from Celia's choices for
July at the May meeting.
The June meeting will be on Sunday, June 28th at Joy's house. We will
be discussing A Spool of Blue Thread By Anne Tyler. If "All the
Light We Cannot See" turns out to be much easier to get through the
library, we may switch since it was more or less a tie between the
two.
The July meeting will be at Judy's, and the August meeting will be at
Celia's (this was a change from what was discussed before).
We look forward to the summer months, when all of you will be back in NH!!
Lori
We had a very nice meeting at Ann's house in Nashua discussing Age of
Iron by J. M. Coetzee. Most (but not all) felt the book was extremely
well written, and were impressed that the author could write on such a
depressing topic (a woman dying of cancer during the violent end of
South African apartheid with only a homeless man as a companion) and
yet make the book uplifting. This short book of only about 200 pages
yielded interesting discussion on a number of topics including the
main character's relationship with her daughter living in the US,
whether or not the homeless man in the story was black or white (we
realized that the author never actually said and there was a
difference of impression among us), the symbolism in the book (e.g.
the main character's cancer representing apartheid), and many other
topics. Claire had many interesting points to bring up as discussion
leader, Judy had many post-its as usual, and the discussion was
lively. Some found the book difficult to get through, while others
read it quickly within a day or two. The food was delicious and
plentiful, as usual.
The May meeting will be on Sunday, May 31st, and will be at Diane's
new house (please correct me if I'm wrong about this). We will discuss
Shanghai Girls by Lisa See. We will also pick from Celia's choices for
July at the May meeting.
The June meeting will be on Sunday, June 28th at Joy's house. We will
be discussing A Spool of Blue Thread By Anne Tyler. If "All the
Light We Cannot See" turns out to be much easier to get through the
library, we may switch since it was more or less a tie between the
two.
The July meeting will be at Judy's, and the August meeting will be at
Celia's (this was a change from what was discussed before).
We look forward to the summer months, when all of you will be back in NH!!
Lori
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