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Name : Barbara W.

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Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
 
Insightful, Dramatic, Inspiring
The book deals with an abuse father, an absent mother and various siblings and how they deal with their lives.

The book showed that not all characters were all bad or all good. It was interesting that all the 12 sisters were named after the months of the year and how each of their lives commenced.

 
Adventurous, Dramatic, Interesting
Jacob, an old circus employee in a nursing home, relives his life in flashbacks

We all loved it. It taught us about the minds of some of the residents of a nursing home and reenforced the idea of a mostly non-caring environment. It gave us a picture of circus life like we had never known. This book should be enjoyed by all clubs.

Sheer Abandon: A Novel by Penny Vincenzi
 
We did not like this book.

For the first comment, the book is way too long. She could have said all in about half of the pages. We thought the climax of the book would have been the announcement of the mother of the baby. No, there was a quarter of the book to go yet. In the begininng, there seemed to be too much character development and it was unclear as soon as you got to a new passage what character she was talking about. We would not recommend this book to anyone. Sorry.

Gifts From The Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
 
Book Club Recommended
Informative, Insightful, Fantastic
Barbara Wilson

We, actually, all had different ideas about this book. We each saw it in a different light. I saw it as one that reaffirmed what I thought about the stages of life. Another few persons thought that Mrs. Lindberg was an unhappy woman. I did not see it that way. This book gave us a longer meeting because of all the discussion.

Casting Off by Nicole R. Dickson
 
Book Club Recommended
Interesting, Beautiful, Adventurous
Casting Off

We (with one man) thought that the book was better than a regular romance. Yes, it did have some romance but it was the story of 2 separate persons coming to grips with their life. It is told through knitting terms and textiles.

Savannah by Eugenia Price
 
Book Club Recommended
Romantic, Epic
Savannah

There was not one person in the club that did not like it. Because it is historical fiction, you can relate the characters to the times. We all highly recommend it.

 
Book Club Recommended
Inspiring, Scary, Interesting
16 Lighthouse Road

This is the beginning of a fabulous series that MUST be read in order. All the characters become like family and you look forward to meeting them again in the next book.

To See Your Face Again by Eugenia Price
 
Book Club Recommended
Pointless, Epic, Slow
To See Your Face Again

It is the most boring of the Savannah Quartet by Eugenia Price. It is needed tho as a bridge to the final 2 books.

Before the Darkness Falls by Eugenia Price
 
Book Club Recommended
Interesting, Informative, Epic
Before the Darkness Falls

It is the continuing saga of the McKay and Stiles families before and during the Civil War.

 
Book Club Recommended
Informative, Dramatic, Epic
Stranger In Savannah

We felt this book to be the perfect ending of the quartet. This book is aptly titled because as much as Mark Browning loved Savannah, he never became a "favored" son. He was always an outsider no matter what he thought.

 
Book Club Recommended
Interesting, Fun, Insightful
Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen

This is the story of a young woman who always wanted to leave her hometown and what she learned when she returned. A tragedy brought her back.

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