March 2019 Bookclub News

“There but for the grace of serotonin go the rest of us.”
― Barbara Kingsolver,  "Unsheltered"

Dear Bookclub,

Finally finishing Kingsolver's epic tale, I was glad that I did, enjoying it up until the end and feeling accomplished that I got through it. Dragging crept in over and over, as the scope of the book kept widening. Our discussion centered on the giant bite Kingsolver had taken of current problems: battered eco-system, inequality of resources and funds, healthcare costs, the crunched pressure of the sandwich generation, dementia, suicide, overpopulation, underpaid educators, nutrition, infidelity, architecture, murder... what am I forgetting*? The concept of a fiercely edited tiny topic, seemed unimaginable to the author.

*this

This Barbara Kingsolver interview is a peak into her intent:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/one-true-thing/201811/interview-barbara-kingsolver-unsheltered

Terrie suggested for an upcoming read:

"The Silent Patient" Alex Michaelides

"The Island of Sea Women" Lisa See

"Behold The Dreamers" Imbolo Mbue *chosen

 Up next:
Susan Orlean's "The Library Book"

Happy reading,
LK