On Sunday May
21the River Run Book Club met in Nashua to review “The Friday Night Knitting
Club”.
We supplied
ourselves with great hors d’oeuvres and wine and sat down to discuss the
book. As it was my house, I voted myself
Marlena’s alternate. I did my best for
you Marlena!
The main theme
of this book was friendship. Lori
brought to our attention the discerning inserts before sections which, while referred
to as knitting instructions, applied not
only to what was happening in the book but also to life. i.e. the
first note captioned “casting on” says: “Just
start. It’s the same with life…every
beginning won’t be the same”. Thanks Lori,
having rushed to finish the book I regrettably skipped some of these best parts.
Lucy’s method of
becoming pregnant was perhaps not the conventional route but we did not find it
to be offensive. There was discussion as to whether it was more important for Dakota
to know her Scotland or Baltimore relatives.
Absolutely none of us believed that anyone could keep two letters
from an unfaithful lover (also the father of our child) unopened for 12
years. There was no good word to be said
about Cat. And the final shocker for all of us – the death of Georgia.
After the
discussion we sat down to a light supper catered by Harrow’s accompanied by
Kathy’s excellent coleslaw and Joy’s garlic toast (not a crumb is left). We finished off with Bev’s homemade apple
crisp with ice cream. Some of us who can’t
refuse Claire’s lemon cake also imbibed on that and Lori brought macaroons just
like those we had in Paris. I hope you
are all sorry that you couldn’t come.
NOTES:
The book chosen
for the July Meeting is: Hillbilly Elegy
by J. D. Vance
Important: It was voted to move the August meeting to
Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017
Next Meeting:
Date: June 25, 2017
Book: “Small Great Things” by Jodi
Picoult
Time: 1 p.m.
Where: Joy’s Concord residence
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