The Long Petal of the Sea

Thank you to Jo for starting off our Zoom meeting and to Wanda for arranging the extension. It really is wonderful to be able to see each other during the pandemic. 40 minutes is not enough when we have so much to say to each other - two new babies since last meeting!

As we talked about The Long Petal of the Sea and the history of Chile a few films came to mind:

• Nostalgia for the Light  
• Influence - Hot Docs
• Missing (1982)

Our next meeting will be on June 24th on Zoom and Wanda will arrange for the invitation to allow us continuous connection. The book will be The Youth of God by Hassan Ghedi Santur. 

Books we mentioned: 

• The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel 
• Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
• A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
• Paris Hours: a novel by Alex George
• Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
• Citizens of London: the Americans who stood with Britain in its darkest, finest hour by Lynn Olson 
• The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
• The Cut Out Girl: a story of war and family, lost and found by Bart Van Es

 

Further to our conversation about Long-term Care in Ontario here's a portion of TVO's The Agenda that was playing simultaneously: