Book Club

[thisnewday]

Even though I haven't read this month's selection, I've decided to attend this morning's meeting of the book club in Liverpool.

It's been a couple of months since I last attended and, as I explained in a text to my grandson, it's one of the few things I do, these days, to maintain contact with anyone outside of the family.

So, the phone will be off and I'll be some distance away from the goings-on here. In the hope that I'll actually be getting, in some sense, closer to myself.

Hope everyone has a good day...

LPK
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5.24.2018 

Comments

[rosegardenfae]

I do hope it is enjoyable.

[thisnewday]

It actually was. To all appearances, not a very diverse group of people, but fairly diverse opinions and points of view, respectfully argued.

The book was "The Radium Girls" and although one point of view held that it was needlessly long with personal stories a bit too intricately woven, I'm thinking about giving it a go, especially since there's no meeting in June.

Hope you're having a good day...

[rosegardenfae]

Oh good. Is the book about the girls who painted the watch faces? I watched a documentary about them which was interesting. Let me know if you try it.

As for today, it is miserably hot and humid and the strawberry shortcake I made, though fabulous, has not jived with my innards. So been reading nearly all day.

[thisnewday]

Yes! The watch faces! And somehow I have a memory of having one of them in my own hands. Maybe among the things from my maternal grandmother's house where I lived during WWII. And maybe not from when I was living there, but sometime afterward.

Anyway, I think I'm gonna try it and, if I do, will let you know. Oddly enough, when I did an internet search for the book, which was published in 2016 or -17, I found another one titled just "Radium Girls" authored by a man and published in 2004 or -05. Might be interesting to know the story of that.

Glad to hear you've been reading but sorry about the poor reception for the strawberry shortcake--which is a personal favorite of mine--and did, indeed, look fabulous.

Hope you feel much better in very short order, m'dear, and have a much nicer day today...

[rosegardenfae]

I forget that you were born while the war was still on which even though you were quite young makes your experience different than mine. Rather amazing you might have held one of those watches.

I looked at both books on Amazon,and couldn't decide which might be the better choice so will let you be the guinea pig. :-)

Picked another big batch of berries this morning, wish I could send you a shortcake.