Submitted by Ann S:
Six dedicated
members of The River Run Book Club held a final meeting at The Colonel Spencer
Inn. A sad but happy event as Mary Jo
revealed the news that the Inn has been sold.
After Judy, Ann
F, Marilyn, Lori and I toasted MJ’s good news, we got down to the discussion of
My Name is Lucy Barton.
Loneliness is a major theme of the book. Lucy seems isolated - a husband who does not
visit, a mother who can’t or won’t say “I Love You”, and a father not to be
mentioned. The conversations she shares
with her mother are not intimate. There
is no inquiry about Lucy’s children or husband, no talk about the brother still
living at home, just gossip about people Lucy knew in her youth. Why does her mother only takes cat naps saying
“you learn to when you don’t feel safe”?
Was the snake in the truck real or imagined (we had varied opinions on
this)? We get a glimpse of the poverty
of Lucy’s childhood but not much personal information about her current
life.
Fear not –
Strout has a newly released book “Anything is Possible”. It is described as providing information on Lucy’s
childhood as viewed by her siblings and also insight into the life of the New York
Lucy we got to know so briefly.
NOTES:
Thank you Mary
Jo for hosting. Congratulations on the sale,
it’s wonderful you’re not going far.
Stephanie – hope
your back is better!
From Stephanie’s
book list we choose “Small Great Things” by Jodi Picoult for the June 25th
meeting discussion.
Ann F will
provide the book list for the July meeting.
Next Meeting:
Date: May 21, 2017 - Due to Memorial Day it was voted to move
mtg. to May 21
Book: “The Friday Night Knitting Club” by
Kate Jacobs
Time: 1 p.m.
Where: Ann Sevigny’s Nashua residence
While I very much want to have
this meeting at my home I understand it may be an inconvenience for
many.
If a meeting place closer to the
majority of members is volunteered for May
21, a change can be made.
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