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| Geraldine Brooks at her Martha's Vineyard pool |
Dear Bookclub.
We adored Geraldine Brooks"Memorial Days" for its intimate share of her experience with grief in the loss of her husband, Tony Horwitz. I loved this book so much that I feared someone would see something different and pick it apart. Hardly! Brooks' ability to let us into her life with detail enough to fulfill curiosity about the literary couple's journey, Tony's sudden death, and the aftermath is a gift. Terrie reminded us all to take the advice given at the end of the book: knowing how things work in all details of life. Her point is to make space for grief amidst the rude bombardment of taxes, finances, credit cards, passwords, records, etc. when the time comes. I did get a shiver when I read Brooks' reference to a Massachusetts oddity in dealing with an estate.
Please enjoy this listen of Terry Gross remembering Tony with a replaying of a 1998 interview with his publication of "Confederates of the Attic" and a 2019 review by Maureen Corrigan of "Spying on the South". Enjoyable to hear Tony's voice and get a sense of the remarkable content in each of these books. I hope this inspires you to read some of his work.
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| Battle of Resaca reenacting 2015 |
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| Frederick Law Olmstead |
Ginger's suggestions for an upcoming read:
"So Big" Edna Farber *chosen
"The Many Loves of Mama Love" Lara Love Hardin
"Broken Country" Clare Leslie Hall
Up next:
Happy reading,
LK
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