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Dear Bookclub
Geraldine Brooks' "Horse" championed our hearts, upholding our endearment to the author, widening our views on the history of horse racing, the art world and race.... just to name a few themes. Immensely readable, the historic novel kept discussion at a pace to last the evening, already heightened by Karen's Famous Celebration of Autumn. We loved it all!
Brooks' use of the familiar jockeying between past and present (sorry, these horsey references keep cropping up), skillfully kept us page turning. The current events reflected in the novel were shocking and did not sit well with all. But such thought-provoking can be appreciated for making us think and feel. Another level of understanding may perhaps be reached by learning about the author's personal history. Her husband, Tony Horwitz, also a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, tragically collapsed while walking in Washington D.C., dying of a sudden cardiac arrest while on his 2019 book tour for "Spying on the South".
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Please read more about Tony:
And a fabulous interview with Terry Gross:
I promise you will really enjoy this!!!!
Karen's suggestions for an upcoming read:
"Mad Honey" Jodi Picoult *chosen
"When We had Wings" Susan Meisner
"Lessons in Chemistry" Bonnie Garmus
Up next:
Happy reading,
LK
