April 19 Meeting at Rosemary's

GTG book club met at Rosemary's home on Thursday, April 19, 2018.

We enjoyed a dinner of chicken parmigiana, salad, spaghetti (made with my recipe and not the one mentioned in the book).   Somehow nutmeg in my Italian sauce was beyond my culinary exploration.   I am sure it is good in some parts of Italy.   After dinner we discussed the book chosen, "Kiss Carlo" written by Adriana Trigiani.  The story was primarily set in South Philly in an Italian neighborhood post WW II, early 1950s, and focused on family conflicts, dreams, and emotional vendetta's.

The storyline centered around the main character "Nicky Castone", with his many conflicts within himself, romantically, as well as trying to discover the meaning of his life and his identity within "la famiglia".

Most of us agreed that the book was well written but had too many spinoff plots and the writer may have gotten  three books out of the over 500 page novel.   Having read several of Adriana Trigiani's books and the fact it was written around  an Italian family theme and background was the reason I chose the book.    I enjoyed reading about the many characters and family situations, I just didn't like it as much as others I've read by her.  

We missed Pat,Pam, Alice and Grace.  

See you ladies at the next bookclub meeting at Kathy's.

Thanks for coming,

Rosemary