Book club this month was on the 16th of February. We read "the Memory Keeper's
Daughter" by Kim Edwards. We were a total of seven ladies due to Grace and Pat
were away and Roe had a stomach virus plus Pam had a previous engagement. Missed
you all!
The book told the story of two families. One was divided by a lie
(Norah, David and son, Paul. The other family (Caroline and Al) were united in
love taking care of a child, Phoebe with Downs Syndrome who was given to
Caroline. When Norah gave birth to twins, Paul and Phoebe, she
was told by her husband doctor, David, that that Phoebe had died at birth. But
the truth was, David couldn't face a life of sorrow and pain. His own sister
died of complications from her disabilities and he saw what devastation of
losing her did to his family. Because of this fear, he thought to make up this
lie of their daughter dying. The only thing he did was to make a divide between
himself and Norah due to his coldness because he had to live with this lie. When he was
told to tell the truth to set himself free of his guilt by a friend, he went to
his wife's house to tell her the truth but had a heart attack and died before he
could. By chance of going thru his belongings, Norah found correspondence from
Caroline to David about his daughter, Phoebe. Devastated as she was, she went to
see her daughter, Phoebe, for the first time. The story seemed to be enjoyed by
everyone!
We had a dinner consisting of Tuscan Garlic Chicken and pot roast with
potatoes. Our desserts were apple crisp, raspberry cheesecake, cannolis and
chocolate mousse. As full as the ladies were, I talked them into taking home
care packages so I wouldn't be left with a lot of food. Carol was nice to bring
along valentine candy gifts for everyone. Our next meeting will be at Alice's on
March 17th and the book is "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr.
Thanks ladies and love,
Dricka
January 19 Meeting at Edna's
Bookclub for January was held on Thursday, the 19th, at my house. We
read the book, "Step on a Crack," by James Patterson. Everyone seemed to really
like the book. It is the first book in a new Patterson series about Michael
Bennett and is set in NYC. The action takes place in St. Patrick's Cathedral and
is very exciting but people seemed to like the back story about Bennett and his
priest grandfather, dying wife and 10 kids; just as much.
We had some good old Zuppa Toscana soup ( which Kathy supplied
Icelandic lava bread for); and kielbasa and sweet sausage sandwiches with
grilled onions, peppers, and sauerkraut. Several people brought cookies and
Drika made delicious brownies (haha, just kidding Drika!); really a delicious
moist cake!!! Louisa brought candy which I forgot to give out so I took it to
Alice's birthday party and shared it then. I also brought back one of Iceland's
favorite candies; chocolate covered black licorice; which most tried and deemed
ok.
Everyone was here and it was a warm, wonderful meeting, with warm,
wonderful friends. Thank you all for being part of my life!! It is great to be
part of such an awesome group of ladies, whatever the occasion.
The next meeting is on the 3rd Thursday of February at Drika's. We are
reading "The Memory Keepers Daughter." See you there!!
Love, Edna
