Moving on to Marrie’s….A big thanks to Marrie for a beautiful evening. We all love her home and want to ‘borrow’ her hubby!!! OMG…that bathroom!!!! Anyway, a lovely meal as always, we are in need of the beef stroganoff recipe please. Oh, and we are so appreciative that Marrie made her world famous pickled beets…yummy!!!!
Northern Borders by Howard Frank Mosher really is a wonderful read, unfortunately many of the members ran into difficulties obtaining the book, so our discussion was shorter than usual. Personally I found this coming of age story charming. I did have questions: Why the father would send Austin off to live with his grandfather when he himself wanted to get far away from him? Why send Austin off to live with a man that didn’t respect or appreciate his chosen career? Why send Austin to live in a hostile environment in which the child became a buffer between the grandparents?
I did appreciate that the father sent Austin to live with his grandparents so that the child would gain once in a lifetime experiences. I loved the bond that Austin developed with both his grandparents. My favorite quote from the book: “Out the window, Ben Currier, came chugging own his roadside hayfield on his ancient green Alis-Chalmers tractor. As we went screaming past him he started to lift on gloved hand, then dropped it to the tractor steering wheel again, as though unsure about the protocol of waving to an ambulance carrying one of his neighbors to the hospital.”
As Marrie pointed out Northern Borders is a good yarn about a whole different breed of people.
Next up is Susan’s pick, The Lace Reader by Brunonia Berry.
Until then, happy reading!
Jenn
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