The book definitely resonated with everyone in view of the steady movement of desperate refugees uprooted by war in our world. This is a dark topic. As antidote we have tried to follow up with books somewhat lighter in tone.
In June the book will be One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin. We will meet at Lynda's for this on Wednesday, June 15th at 1 pm.
July's book will be Dear Mrs. Bird by A.J. Pearce. We chose Wednesday, July 13th at 1 pm but we will need someone to step up to host.
Jo has invited us to her backyard on August 24th. We couldn't come up with a book for this date. Maybe we could leave it open as an opportunity for each of us to share what we have been reading. Just a thought.
The book for September will be The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles. I don't have any recollection of a date or location for this but there's still time to figure out the missing details.
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Books of Note:
- The Friend by Sigrid Nunez
- Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan
- Secrets of the Sprakkar by Eliza Reid
- The Final Case by David Guterson
- The Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
- Noopiming: the Cure for White Ladies by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
- The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
- Blackwater Lightship by Colm Tóibín
- The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elizabeth Tova Bailey
- Donna Leon's Guido Brunetti detective series
- Andrea Camillari's Inspector Montalbano detective series
And to Watch:
- Anatomy of a Scandal - Netflix
- Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy - CNN
- Supernova - StudioCanalUK
Islington Reads, a book club in our neighbourhood, asked Marianne Cronin to talk about One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot:
