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Dear Bookclub,
Sherry Sontag, Christopher Drew and Annette Lawrence Drew's "Blind Man's Bluff" provided a thrill ride for our survival adoring group. Fascinated by the concepts and risks, we were overwhelmed by the detailed descriptions of each featured submarine's history. Please check out the USS Parche cutaway in the link above, zooming in, Where's-Waldo-style, to find the divers.
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Sontag & the Drews's book, published in 1998, six years in the making, had a journey of its own just to be published. The dedication of the authors, to deliver the stories despite the predicted lack of sales, was remarkable and the path taken to present and speak to the veterans proved successful in enlightening audiences beyond expectations. Please enjoy this 'blast-from-the-past' authors' night at the tiny venue of the bookstore at the Mystic Seaport Musuem... it's really great:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4656332/user-clip-blind-mans-bluff
The stories are capsulized in a manner that begs for a TV series. OK, I am asking nicely.
Last week, I flew to New Orleans with Nate. My Southwest nonstop flight would normally feel like a dreadful challenge, cramped quarters and discomforts galore. New understanding of discomfort had me breathing deeply with gratitude, appreciating the sweetly filtered air and looking forward to gastronomical ridiculousness upon landing in a short time. Little did I know that visiting the World War II Museum in New Orleans would move me into deep, deep conceptualizations of war and mankind beyond all I thought I'd learned in my lifetime. "Blind Man's Bluff", definitely amazing, is but a small link in the chain of this history. Five hours was not enough to see it all; highly recommended and I'd go back in a heartbeat:
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/
Wanda's suggestions for an upcoming read:
"The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store" James McBride
"Absolution" Alice McDermott *chosen
"The Future" by Naomi Alderman
Up next:
Festive reading,
LK
