Per a member’s recommendation, in March we will be reading this fine new novel. Amazon has the scoop on it, just click on the picture below. See you all March 4 at 7:00 p.m. (same place). Please bring your own copy… AND a friend!
The Color of Water touches readers of all colors as a vivid portrait of growing up, a haunting meditation on race and identity, and a lyrical valentine to a mother from her son. (From the book jacket.)
The New York Times Book Review
The two stories, son’s and mother’s, beautifully juxtaposed, strike a graceful note.
The Boston Globe
Superbly written…a moving and exciting story that totally satisfies.
The Washington Post Book World
Lively…a well-written, thoughtful contribution to the literature on race.
Let us know what YOU think!
[Back cover summary]
As the North reels under a series of unexpected defeats during the dark first year of the Civil War, one man leaves behind his family to aid the Union cause. His experiences will utterly change his marriage and challenge his most ardently held beliefs. From Louisa May Alcott’s beloved classic Little Women, Geraldine Brooks has taken the character of the absent father, Mr. March, who has gone off to war, leaving his wife and daughters to make do in mean times. From vibrant New England to the sensuous antebellem South, March adds adult resonance to Alcott’s optimistic children’s novel. A lushly written, wholly original tale steeped in the details of another time, March secures Geraldine Brooks’s place as a renowned author of historical fiction.
Brooks is also the author of Year of Wonders–historical fiction about the London plague of 1666.
We enjoyed the cool summer evening while discussing The Redemption of Sarah Cain. We are going to spend the summer reading more books by some of our favorite authors we’ve read this past year and discover some new ones as well.
Look for the new book club selection in August in preparation for our next meeting: tenatively scheduled for the second Tuesday in September.
We discussed choosing books as a group so that we can perhaps branch out a little in our book selection and feel free to talk more candidly about the books we read as a group. [categorize these posts under ‘group book suggestions’] A good place to start is checking out the titles under ‘LIBRARY RESOURCES.’
Also, PLEASE let us know what books you have read or are reading now so that those of us who have the time can read them too. [categorize these posts under ‘FAVS’]
Let’s make this a fun, informative resource for all of us who love to read good books.
