Ladies' Home Journal Book Club discussion

Our pick for September 2011 is Bitter in the Mouth by Monique Truong!

Here is our review:

Linda Hammerick suffers from a condition known as synesthesia: The sound of a
word triggers a taste. Her own name evokes mint; her child- hood crush’s, the taste of orange sherbet. But for Linda, coming of age in the ’70s Deep South, this peculiar syndrome is only one of the ways in which she feels like an outsider—and this sense of alienation follows her into adulthood. When a family tragedy pulls her back home, Linda uncovers the truth about her personal history. Provocative and poignant, this is a novel to savor.

Let's chat about this book! Did you read it? Is your book club going to adopt it? What reactions did you have to it? Anything goes!