Welcome to the Princeton Walk Ladies Book Club! This is the inaugural debut of our own humble little website/blog: a site where we can keep our book selections organized...make it easier for everyone to remember what's our next selection...see who is hosting...and post our comments and reviews!
Gotta start somewhere so here's a little post from our most recent meeting, April 4, 2013: behind the beautiful forevers, by Katherine Boo, hosted by Susan.
Overall Rating: **** (4 stars)
We all agreed that this was tough subject matter and not an easy book to read and digest. However, the discussion was a lively one ranging from India, poverty, the caste system, workings of the judicial system and government corruption. We compared the lives of the characters of the book to how we all live in the bubble in East Cobb. There were many interesting things to learn about the slums of Mumbai - who would have known that there is one toilet for every 170 people. It was easy to see why people such as Asha would do anything, no matter how corrupt, to try to improve the lives of their children.
Quotes of the night:
Myra - "When you get in the environment of stink, you can't even smell it!"
Amy - " I hated the book if anyone asks." (via text from her house)
Overall Rating: **** (4 stars)
We all agreed that this was tough subject matter and not an easy book to read and digest. However, the discussion was a lively one ranging from India, poverty, the caste system, workings of the judicial system and government corruption. We compared the lives of the characters of the book to how we all live in the bubble in East Cobb. There were many interesting things to learn about the slums of Mumbai - who would have known that there is one toilet for every 170 people. It was easy to see why people such as Asha would do anything, no matter how corrupt, to try to improve the lives of their children.
Quotes of the night:
Myra - "When you get in the environment of stink, you can't even smell it!"
Amy - " I hated the book if anyone asks." (via text from her house)
