We met a week early so that Annie could attend before heading to Alaska for the summer. Linda provided a delicious salad with salmon and numerous other delectable treats while we socialized and discussed The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman. Annie, Ellen, Judy, Linda, Liz, and Nanc were in attendance.
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| Water view from Linda's on a sunny day... it was actually cloudy when we met, but I neglected to take a photo |
Thank you Linda for a wonderful meeting environment last night... it was lovely. Thank you for the tour of your yard... beautiful.
Rachel speaking about her mother:
I no longer cared if my mother disliked me, I didn't understand that when I closed myself to her, I took a part of her bitterness inside me. It was green and unforgiving, and as it grew it made me more like her. IT GAVE ME MY STRENGTH, BUT IT GAVE ME MY WEAKNESS AS WELL. ~ Alice Hoffman
The mission of the Moravian church built on the island:
In the new world they focused on the education of the masses and their missionaries began the school for slaves, carrying a single mission in their teachings: In essentials, unity; in nonessentials, liberty; and in all things love. ~ Alice Hoffman
~ Judy Lee
I miss you all, the lively provocation of thought, the commiseration of emotions (book, or work, or politics), and the blending of so many like spirited yet complexly diverse group of individuals. My life continues to hold surprises around every bend. Hope to catch up with all of you someday soon. Thank you for keeping me in these posts!
~ Kathy Day-Carey
Yes! Thank you, Linda, for a wonderful evening!! I will miss you all in July. Enjoy!
The following portrayed Rachel's relationship with her mother:
Perhaps that was what my mother disliked most. I resembled her. I could not help but wonder if for some women, that was the worst sin of all. ~Alice Hoffman
Rachel's dad concerning the stories of werewolves:
There is the outside of a story, and there is the inside of a story. Once is the fruit and may be delicious, but the other is the seed. ~ Alice Hoffman
Rachel wanted to call the spirits of the pirates' wives and Adelle told her they only come if they wish to, so she held out her hands and felt them, then felt she had gone against her religion, but Adelle told her:
Women of every faith have power. They have to find it in themselves. ~ Alice Hoffman
And I say Amen to that!!!
~Annie Larkin
It was wonderful to be here, so I could finally be there with all of you lovely, thoughtful, inspiring ladies last night. Thank you Linda for a most delightful evening.
~ Liz Webster
Annie... your quotes bring to mind personal mother-daughter relationships... struggles with both my mother and my daughter.
But it seems that sometimes we forget that parents are mere human beings, struggling with their own personal baggage, and we aren't all Donna Reed!
Garrison Keillor wrote something to the effect that the worst animosity he has ever seen was between women who were related. That always makes me laugh!
~Julie Howard
Next Book: The Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony
Location: Jo's
Date: Thursday, July 12, 2018
Time: 6:30pm
Time: 6:30pm
Future meetings:
August 9, 2018 - In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides at Ellen's
September 13, 2018 - My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout at Nanc's
October 11, 2018 - A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline at TBA
November 8, 2018 - The Boy who Knew Too Much by Cathy Byrd at TBA
December 2018 - Christmas gathering at TBA
January 10, 2019 - Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech at TBA
February 14, 2019 - And Every Morning the Way Home gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman at TBA
Books we've read so far:
January 2014 - Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott
February 2014 - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
March 2014 - Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
April 2014 - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie
May 2014 - The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
June 2014 - Breaking Free by Marilyn Sewell
July 2014 - The Orphan Train by Kristina Baker Kline
August 2014 - The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
September 2014 - Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
October 2014 - The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
November 2014 - The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
December 2014 - No book. Holiday gathering.
January 2015 - No book. Watched The Book Thief
February 2015 - The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
March 2015 - Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne
April 2015 - The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin
May 2015 - The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
June 2015 - The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
July 2015 - Still Alice by Lisa Genova
August 2015 - The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
September 2015 - Ruby by Cynthia Bond
October 2015 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
November 2015 - No book. Watched To Kill a Mockingbird
December 2015 - No book. Holiday gathering.
January 2016 - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
February 2016 - Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
March 2016 - Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
April 2016 - Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights by Salman Rushdie
May 2016 - Jewelweed by David Rhodes
June 2016 - One Woman's River by Ellen Kolbo McDonah
July 2016 - Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
August 2016 - Deep Water Passage by Ann Linnea
September 2016 - This Road I Ride by Juliana Buhring
October 2016 - The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
November 2016 - No book. Watched The Boys of '36
December 2016 - No book. Holiday gathering.
January 2017 - About Grace by Anthony Doerr
February 2017 - Between the World and Me by Ta-nehisi Coates
March 2017 - Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
April 2017 - No book - meeting canceled
May 2017 - Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
June 2017 - The Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier also watched The Girl with a Pearl Earring
July 13, 2017 - Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates by Tom Robbins
August 2017 - No book - meeting canceled
September 2017 - A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut
October 2017 - Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala
November 2017 - The Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdrich
December 2017 - No book. Holiday gathering.
January 2018 - To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey
February 2018 - Wonder by RJ Palacio
March 2018 - Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
April 2018 - My Grandmother Told Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman
May 2018 - Beartown by Fredrik Backman
June 2018 - The Marriage of Opposites by Fredrik Backman
