The Book Club discussion

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Generated good discussion. Topics included:

Family secrets - keeping them/telling them.
Impact of a mother's love or lack thereof.
Assessments of the brothers and their futures.
Kindliness and understanding of Somali man who had lost his son and wife.
How adult siblings stay in contact with each other.
Incentives and issues in incorporating new groups into a community.

Selected The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd rather than The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt for April read.

Suggestions for future included:

The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh (322pp)

Calling Me Home by Julie Kibler (336pp)

State of Wonder by Ann Patchett (353pp)

Also mentioned as good/decent reads:

We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler (310pp)

The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri

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David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell

The Signature of All Things: A Novel by Elizabeth Gilbert (513pp)

Lily wrote: ".
Generated good discussion. Topics included:

Family secrets - keeping them/telling them.
Impact of a mother's love or lack thereof.
Assessments of the brothers and their futures.
Kindliness and u..."

Thanks for the summary. I'm about 1/3 of the way through. Hopefully, I'll catch up with the book club reading list soon.

Janet