submitted by Ann Sevigny
On
a bright and sunny Sunday in January Stephanie hosted book club and served us
wonderful pea soup. After hors d’oeuvres, soup and gluwein (German mulled wine,
mmm) and before we discussed the book, Stephanie gave us background on the
author. Delia Owens is a zoologist who
grew up in Georgia. She spent many years
as a wildlife scientist living in Africa in a secluded area with no interaction
with society. Thanks Stephanie – it’s
nice to know her background and how it influenced the book.
The book:
There were many varied opinions on different topics. Did
the mother abandon the family because of abuse?
Did she leave because of mental illness?
Did she believe Kya was safe because there were other siblings to save
her from possible abuse from her father?
And why on earth did Tate stay away all those years (not so much as a
post card). Marilyn picked up
immediately the firefly symbolism as Kya’s use of sex appeal to lure Chase to
his death. Which led to the question did
he deserve to die for what he did? Who
has the right to kill?
A wonderful afternoon of questions and
discussions. Maybe we can all get
together for the movie.
Speaking of which here’s the info on our next get
together. We are scheduled for a private
viewing of
Photographs by Joseph Sywenkyj
Sunday, February 23, 2020
- 12:30 p.m.
Edwards Art Gallery at the Holderness School on
Rt. 175
Lunch:
1:45 Six Burner Bistro, Plymouth
Kathy has been great to provide information and directions by
separate email. Thank you Stephanie and
Kathy for setting this up!
1. The book for discussion at February meeting
is: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
2. Ann Fitzhebert will
host the March meeting
3. Book chosen for
March meeting is The Library of Lost and Found by Phaedra Patrick
4. Kathy has volunteered
to host June 28 meeting at Mountain Fare Inn
No comments:
Post a Comment