July meeting - September book: Stoner by John Williams

Thanks to Maggie for her hospitality on Sunday. A particularly yummy slice went down very well. Recipe please? Congratulations to the Ellyards who are grandparents again, with another little girl, Grace, born to son Sam and his wife Caroline.

We talked with animation but without consensus about Harvest by Jim Crace. It stimulated lots of ideas. But Sue W, we needed your classroom management skills!  I hope the birthday party went well.


Discussion re next book was also quite lively. In the end we chose Stoner by John Williams.

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/dec/13/stoner-john-williams-julian-barnes

Julian Barnes says in this review that Stoner was his unexpected best book of 2013 and that's high praise from him! Colum McCann and many others were also effusive in praise.  Moy has given it a try and found it a bit of tough going, so be warned; but we trust it repays the effort.


The August meeting will be at Jane's home. Then in September, we are at Sue Ellyard's and October is at Ros's place. November we will visit Moy ( yes, I've corrected this).
Cheers
Patricia