On February 8,2017 some braved a potential snowstorm to
meet at Betsy's house to discuss her book choice which
was the Boston Girl by Anita Diamant. The braves one were Nettie, Kathy, Donna,
Madeleine, and Sarah. Our bravery was nicely rewarded by a lovely
supper of a grilled shrimp Caesar salad, fruits and spinach quiche.
Madeleine brought heart shaped sugar cookies.
We all read and enjoyed the Boston Girl who was Addie Baum.
Addie who is now 85 years old is relating her memoirs to
her favorite granddaughter.
Addie takes us back to 1900 when her Russian parents
escape the horrors of Russia to immigrate to America.
Their life was penurious and fraught with tragedies including
many losses of lives.
Addie's mother does not encourage women to get education and
she tries to suffocate her 3 daughters with her low expectations for them.
Addie however manages to become educated and through joining
a reading club gets exposed to a better class of people.
We liked the romp through the ages including the 2 world wars, the flu of 1918,
the orphan train, the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti
Mostly it is about the triumph of women who manage despite
great odds to become something other than a man's wife.
Carol was not present but sent in her selection of the next read
"The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" by Mary Ann Shaffer
and Annie Barrow. It was puublished in 2008 and some thought we may have
already read the book but we may not have or it was pre blog days.
However we can all use a refresher so we went with that book and
set the next date for the meeting to be March 22nd.
