We met at Jane's to share our thoughts about The House of Doors. It was a perfect afternoon to spend together and Jane welcomed us with her usual "just right" hospitality - so relaxing in our hectic world. The world of our novel was something else again - steamy, languid and lush with multiple layers of intrigue, all set in a time when casual racism and conventional expectations went unquestioned.
Our next book will be a followup, The Trembling of a Leaf by W. Somerset Maugham. (Project Gutenberg provides this book from 1921 online). We will be at Jo's to talk about it on Wednesday, May 21 at 1 pm.
Books:
- The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott
- The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham
- The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham
- The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich
- The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue
- Honour by Alif Shafak
- The Island of Missing Trees by Alif Shafak
- Real Ones by Katherena Vermette
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