We had our August meeting at Joyce's house to discuss People of the Book by Geralding Brooks. Joyce served a wonderful pasta salad, a green salad, croissants (I don't know if there's spell check on this) and delicious lemon and/or cinnamon cakes. Yum!
After visiting and catching up we sat down to discuss the book. It was very well liked by all. We loved the fascinating research that this book required and how clever the format was to involve different stories for each article found within the book. We discussed several of the main characters to try to explain internal motivations and conflicts. Lots of religious practices were compared and contrasted. The main thing we felt from this book was how sad it is the people throughout history including the present, have seemed to feel a need to dominate and eliminate other cultures and religions. Wouldn't it be great if we could all work together to save and honor one another like the characters worked together to save this precious religious book?
People present included: Joyce, Angie, Karen Massey, Gloria, Linda, Barb, Margie and Diane.
Thank you Joyce for the book choice, the wonderful food, and the fine hospitality.
Respectfully submitted by Margie 8/24/10
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