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Dear Bookclub,
A warming cup of tea or two along with sandwiches, salad, cheese, fruit and tiramisu in Karen's festive dining room gave us much joy! But first, the task at hand. After toasting our year and our fellowship we buckled down to formally discuss Anne Tyler's "Clock Dance". We were all over the place giving it from one to five stars and, I believe, if it could have no stars, some may have owned that! Noting that Willa was not an accomplished, independent woman, which is the type of woman we want to read about and admire, the book fell flat for some. Others enjoyed some of the quirkiness of the surrounding characters, Cheryl, Denise and even Airplane. There was a distinct remembrance of Tyler's 1995 novel, "Ladder of Years" where the main character walks out on her family in the middle of a family vacation, just walking away on the beach. And despite Karen's unusual interpretation of the ending with Willa, I did see Tyler's use of the same freeing abandonment in my imagination of Willa's next move. However, Karen does have the best I-never-even-considered-that!!! twists. Please keep those coming; great discussion gets stirred up.
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Our collection for the organization, Gently Hugged, appeared to be successful as there was a distinct pile for Karen to deliver (thank you for that!!). In case you want to continue to donate:
http://gentlyhugged.org/
Karen's suggestions for an upcoming read were influenced by the PBS series, "The Great American Read":
"Catcher in the Rye" J.D. Salinger *chosen
"Gone With the Wind" Margaret Mitchell
"To Kill a Mockingbird" Harper Lee
Read the One Hundred List:
https://www.pbs.org/the-great-american-read/books/#/
Up next: Lucy Tan's "What We Were Promised"
Happy Reading,
LK
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