Hostess: Nan Attendees: Cheryl, Michelle, Myra, Pat, Mary Margaret, Jana, Pam
Some yummy chili on a very chilly night
We all read the book!
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| We had a guest appearance by Nan's husband, Buddy Hawkins. He pulled up a chair and joined in with us! He was quite entertaining with his comments.
This book was two stories in one – present day and a look
back to the time of slavery during the pre-Civil War days. The present day
story was about a young lawyer, Lina, who was involved with a reparation case in
which she had to locate a descendant from the slavery era. The other story was
about Josephine, a slave who worked in the plantation house, who began to paint
pictures. (Her mistress was credited with Josephine’s artwork.) The book
compared Lina and Josephine’s individual stories.
The summary of our discussion was that we were interested in
Josephine’s story, but not so much in Lina’s story. There were lots of random
characters that were not developed fully. Pam mentioned that an English teacher
would have said to “go back and fix the story”.
Book Rating: 3
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