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Dear Bookclub,
Geraldine Brooks' "Horse"is the book I yearn for when I long to read. Every book I start, I hope will be this book. "Poisonwood Bible", Kingsolver, "The Optimist's Daughter", Welty, anything, Patchett, anything, Susan Orlean, "Cloud Cuckoo Land", Doerr, anything Oliver Sacks, "River of Doubt", "Homegoing", "Boys in the Boat" .... all this book. The list is long, thank goodness, but the challenge is to find them and read them among the mass of 'other' pages out there.
Our gathering to discuss "Horse" and Anthony Marra's "Mercury Pictures Presents"was attended by only three: Terrie, Terry and Val. Terrie reports:
"We all loved "Horse" and learned new facts about horse racing and its history - Race horses used to be trained for 5 years before allowed to race which gave their bones time to cement properly. Today, horses on the track at two years - probably contributing to all of the race track casualties... Also, we liked the way Brooks interwove the past history with the present day scientist study. The poor treatments of Blacks is always disheartening - even though we think things might be better, the scientist's boyfirend (Theo) meets with an unfair death because of his color....
Terry hadn't finished Mercury Presents; Val was not crazy about it. I liked it but agrred with Val that there were too many characters keep track of everyone.
We had a nice lunch on the Veranda and the weather was perfect."
My shock at Theo's death shifted to recognition as I thought of Brooks' husband, Tony Horwitz, who tragically died at age 60 of a sudden cardiac arrest while on his book tour in Washington D.C.. She'd dedicated the book to Tony.
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| Tony Horwitz |
Please read more about Horwitz:
And please take a moment to enjoy this great interview with Terry Gross:
I also did not finish Marra's book. Time just got away from me but I have a feeling it was not going to be one 'those' books.
My suggestions for an upcoming read:
"The Beauty of Dusk Frank Bruni *chosen
"Index, A History of the/ A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age" Dennis Duncan
"Noble Ambitions: The Fall and Rise of the English Country House after World War II" Adrian Tinniswood
"The Last White Man" Moshin Hamid
Up next:
Happy reading,
LK
