Lori treated us to an immersion of "After Her" culture at last night's meeting. Not only did she research and find Marin Joe's:
http://www.marinjoesrestaurant.com/
(Check out the blurred faces in the photos... hmmmmm)
...she made us incredible Italian meatballs and amazing raspberry-laden tiramisu. In order to ignore the shoelaces in her centerpiece, I had to have three(3) glasses of wine. After all, I'd walked to Lori's.
After agreeing that the story was interesting but the writing dragged with "Show don't tell, please!", we softened to the process and Maynard's intent when Lori presented Joyce Maynard discussing the book with the real-life sisters, and daughters of the chief homicide detective of the Trailside murders. Please take a few minutes to see on this youtube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZmyOrDQCf8
Hopefully, some of the discussion of "At Home in the World", will encourage more to read it. Very different and truly compelling.
Lori recommended three outstanding books for an upcoming selection:
"The Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt
"The Light Between Oceans: A Novel" by M.L. Stedman*
"The Whip" by Karen Kondazia
* chosen
Happy Reading,
LK
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