Aug. 17th Meeting

Tonight's meeting was very different and very special. We have two of our members moving away. Debra is heading up to Collingwood and Bev has moved to Ancaster. Fortunately both intend to remain part of the club. We all sincerely hope that happens. Our book this month was The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom, selected by Bev. Because of the two "moves" it was decided that a party was in order to send both women off with our best wishes. With that in mind we combined a Book Club Meeting with a send off dinner party, that included the husbands. The party itself was lovely with all contributing to the event. Unfortunately it did mean that the time for discussion was quite limited. All agreed that it had been a pleasure to read this selection. Another book set in the deep South with the topic of Slavery at it's center, but with a somewhat different approach. The story was seen through the eyes of two women. Belle, the offspring of the Master and one of his slaves and Lavinia an Irish orphan taken in by the Master and raised amongst his slaves. It was a gripping story with multidimensional characters, lots of suspense, moments of humour as well as tragedy. All in all a very enjoyable book and one that I personally will recommend.