On March 25th, 2020 we hosted our first meeting via Facetime
due to the Corona Virus Pandemic affecting the entire world.
It was no surprise that we were all able to attend except for
Donna who was enroute from Florida, Thankfully we all
had iphones and were able to overcome the few technological
challenges to make the discussion a huge success, We were
very chatty because we had been isolated for more than a week.
Florence Gordon was Betsy's choice and some people liked
the book but did not like the main character and some simply
did not care for the book. Nevertheless Florence is a 75 year
old New York resident who is a feminist activist and writer.
Florence lives life on her own terms being a very insular person
who does not need family and sometimes not even friends.
Florence has suddenly been thrust into the limelight at this
juncture due to a favorable review by one of her peers.
Florence is cold, rude and blunt and has no filter, Some of
the members liked and admired her for her activism and
bravery while others found her to be an insulting intellectual
New York snob. She doesn't share anything with her family
members including her diagnoses of Lou Gehrig's disease.
She was compared to Olive Kitteridge because of some
similarities but this blogger loves Olive and just could not
even feel close to this character, Florence Gordon.
Other characters, like the son, granddaughter and daughter in law
were introduced but there stories were never really developed well.
Carol chose a book called Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by
Gail Honeyman. We decided to have another virtual meeting on
April 29th because we would have lots of time to get it read.
Hope you are all compliant in your quarantine and look forward
to chatting soon,
