I confess this past month has been a doozy so when realizing that there was never a recap to our September 28th "October" meeting, I am at at a loss as to what we really discussed. It was a beautiful day on the Veranda, I think I ordered a cheeseburger, Trudy was absent, and we chose Ivan Doig's book for the next upcoming selection.
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| An early portrait of Coco Chanel, 1910 |
Moving on, our fast approaching meeting this Wednesday to discuss C.W. Gortner's "Mademoiselle Chanel" is much anticipated by moi! It will be so great to be together. Coco has been an entertaining read as this historical novel narrates the enigma behind the legend. But shocker(!), as described in Holly Sneeringer's April 21, 2015 review of the book in the Washington Independent Review of Books,
"Mademoiselle Chanel also brings to light the central and quite sad thing about Coco: Despite her professional achievement, despite her vitality and curiosity, she seemed incapable of finding happiness. At the height of her fame, the true joy and inner peace that she desired, that filled her dream life, eluded her."
http://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/mademoiselle-chanel-a-novel
Gortner's sermon on this subject becomes a bit tiresome to me but I still look the other way and am enjoying the book.
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| Coco circa 1971 |
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