Fourth Friday Book Group
Note that this month, we will NOT be meeting on the fourth Friday, but before Christmas, on December 19th. Same place - Sheila's, and same time - 5:30pm. We look forward to the Spode Christmas plates on the table, and hopefully a pleasant dinner.
Next month's books will be brought by Sheila, and Mae will lead the discussion.
Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and tells the story of one Oklahoma farm family, the Joads, driven from their homestead and forced to travel west to the promised land of California. Out of their trials and their repeated collisions against the hard realities of an America divided into haves and have-nots evolves a drama that is intensely human yet majestic in its scale and moral vision, elemental yet plainspoken, tragic but ultimately stirring in its human dignity.
Good news! There are 6 copies currently available in the Contra Costa Library and audio books available through Hoopla.
Our next meeting will be November 21st, with Lisa facilitating the discussion, and Mae bringing the books. Light supper at Sheila's house at the usual time.
TAKE NOTE!!! The December meeting has been moved to December 19th.
Our October meeting will be on Friday, October 24th, which is the Fourth Friday.
Lisa will be bringing book selections, and Kim will facilitate our meeting.
We will be reading If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home by Now,: Why We Traded the Commuting Life for a Little House on the Prairie by Christopher Ingraham. Note that Contra Costa County Library has no copies of this book -- However there are many many copies in LINK+. Order your copy TODAY!!! Mine arrived within a week, but it is never a good idea to wait too long. Note: there are e-books and audio books available.
Our book this month is nonfiction, and this summary is adapted from the book jacket:
Chris and Briana Ingraham were having a difficult time making ends meet as they tried to raise their twin boys in the East Coast suburbs. When he stumbled upon a ranking of America's 3,000+ counties from ugliest to most scenic, he scrolled to the bottom of the list and wrote the words "The absolute worst place to live in America is (drumroll please) ... Red Lake County, Minn." The story went viral, and the residents of Red Lake County challenged him to actually visit their community. Here he tells of experiencing the intensity and power of small-town gossip, his struggles to find a decent cup of coffee, winters with temperatures dropping to forty below zero, and some truths about small-town life that the coastal media usually miss.
As usual, the meeting will be at Sheila's house, and a light dinner will be served.
By the way, the books we did NOT select were The Dollhouse, Fiona Davis and The Bookish Life of Nina Hill, Abbi Waxman
