I’m A Clubwoman

Book Club – The Glass Castle

by patty on 03/05/09 at 7:06 am

Three of our club members recently joined a book club that another member has been attending.  The book for March to read is “The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls.  I was having a hard time reading the book.  It is a memoir concerning her childhood and the fact that her parents were not very responsible.  The book club leader had warned us this was a very dark book but that in the end she felt we would enjoy it.  My friends kept encouraging me to keep on and I did.  I am amazed and how the kids kept the resilience for all that they faced.  But I truly can say – I am so glad I am finished with that book. 

I know that I am naively optimistic when I am reading.  If I am reading a book that is dealing with grave issues such as abuse and neglect – I want to know that in the end that something good will come of the process.  This book had a mixed bag but it was a good book -it was intriguing and thought provoking.  I have been discussing the book with anyone that will listen in trying to wrap my head around events.  But I am off today to a store nearby to find some “Chick Lit” to get my head out of this blue cloud that it has been since I began this book.  I would be interested in any book suggestions for light reading that anyone has to give.

Some of the books that I have enjoyed reading in the “Chick Lit” category

1. Savannah Blues by Mary Kay Andrews.  I love all her books actually

2. Body Movers by Stefanie Bond (Atlanta writer)

3. Being Dead is No Excuse – The Official Southern Ladies Guide to Hosting the Perfect Funeral.  The author is Gayden Metcalfe and  she is from the Mississsippi/Arkansas/Louisianna area (I think – it has been a while since I read it).  It holds true no matter where you from in the South or if you Baptist, Methodist or Pentecostal – you will know that it rings so true.  You will also be checking out your pantry to see if you have the same things on stock.  It has recipes in it.