The Barrel Room survived our rollicking group for our January discussion of "Home Leave". Appreciative of Brittani Sonnenberg's creative telling of a family's life spinning through countries and decades, we picked through the settings and emotions, deciphering perceptions of truth. All eyes and ears settled on Terry relating her personal experiences of being an expat with her sister.
Wanda presented three selections for consideration for our May meeting:
"The Pearl That Broke Its Shell" by Nadia Hashimi
"Nora Webster" by Colm Toibin
"All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr *
"The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry" by Gabrielle Zevin
*chosen
Next up, for February:
This novel is a terrific blend of historic fact of entertaining fantasy. Rinaldi, a professor at Fairfield University in Connecticut, is a well-published poet and novelist. Nearly sporting the PT look of our millennium, the distinguished author and Barnum could pull off the family tree.
(The above photo is General Tom Thumb wedding Lavinia.)
Happy Reading!
LK
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