November

Susan Abulhawa wrote a heart-felt saga of a Palestinian family and the tragic legacy of conflict and grief. Mornings in Jenin blended fiction with the actual history of the monumental problem that festers in the Middle East. Though the subject was difficult, just being together in any circumstance is a pleasure that Lynda accented with a beautiful selection of delicacies. A memorable afternoon Lynda. Thank you!

Our next book is Fire Weather by John Vaillant. We will meet at Jo's on Tuesday, December 9th at noon to talk about it.

We talked about food and the idea of having prepared meals delivered fresh by FactorMeals and Summerhill Market. We learned about a remarkable holiday destination, Les Petits Cousins du Quebec in Dordogne France. Because sleep isn't always easy we shared ideas about slowing down our racing thoughts with meditation. Examples of apps for meditation were Plum Village and Insight. 

Notable Books: 

• There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Safak 
• The Capital of Dreams by Heather O'Neill 
• Flesh by David Szalay 
• An Accidental Villain by Lyndon MacIntyre 
• That They May Face the Rising Sun by John McGahern 
• The Correspondent by Virginia Evans 
• We Will Not Be Saved a memoir of hope and resistance in the Amazon rainforest by Nemonte Nenquimo and Mitch Anderson