Thank you Cathi and Cynthia.
Delicious lunch. Gracious setting. Elegantly served.
The grande finale, desserts from Ghana.
Banana-Peanut Bread and Strawberry Fool.
Fool is the best. Even those of us who don't dessert, took a bite.
Heavenly. Thank you!
Ah the book. Well once again I was the outlier. Everyone loved it. Just loved it. But me.
Loved the story of strong Fola, whose husband left her as a poor immigrant in America with four little kids. He was fired, didn't deserve it, tried to fix it, couldn't, so he left.
In the discussion, they loved the entanglements of the damaged lives and relationships amongst the four kids and those two parents.
Gripping storyline. Fullness of characters. Abusive relationships, bulimia. In the end, as in the beginning, the father Kweku, dies. Married to Ama who is satiable. Broken hearted he doesn't try to save himself. A picture of young African immigrants' lives in America today.
Ling's father doesn't want her to marry Olu because in his mind, African men have taken over Asians as being great doctors, but African men aren't loyal to their families. He wants to protect his daughter.
Sadie, Fola's favorite, blossoms through dance. Fola is strong.
Kweku's slippers, hiding the signs of an impoverished childhood, return at the end to Fola. Unsatiable Fola.
Beautifully written. Glimpse into the life of African immigrants' lives.
Did I hit on most points discussed? This book proved fodder for a solid hour of energetic conversation. That was cool.
Hope the next one does too. I think it will.
For June we are reading, with no capital letters in the title:
behind the beautiful forevers, by Katherine Boo.
Non-fiction, but why not? It's the exceptions that define the rules...
;)
Delicious lunch. Gracious setting. Elegantly served.
The grande finale, desserts from Ghana.
Banana-Peanut Bread and Strawberry Fool.
Fool is the best. Even those of us who don't dessert, took a bite.
Heavenly. Thank you!
Ah the book. Well once again I was the outlier. Everyone loved it. Just loved it. But me.
Loved the story of strong Fola, whose husband left her as a poor immigrant in America with four little kids. He was fired, didn't deserve it, tried to fix it, couldn't, so he left.
In the discussion, they loved the entanglements of the damaged lives and relationships amongst the four kids and those two parents.
Gripping storyline. Fullness of characters. Abusive relationships, bulimia. In the end, as in the beginning, the father Kweku, dies. Married to Ama who is satiable. Broken hearted he doesn't try to save himself. A picture of young African immigrants' lives in America today.
Ling's father doesn't want her to marry Olu because in his mind, African men have taken over Asians as being great doctors, but African men aren't loyal to their families. He wants to protect his daughter.
Sadie, Fola's favorite, blossoms through dance. Fola is strong.
Kweku's slippers, hiding the signs of an impoverished childhood, return at the end to Fola. Unsatiable Fola.
Beautifully written. Glimpse into the life of African immigrants' lives.
Did I hit on most points discussed? This book proved fodder for a solid hour of energetic conversation. That was cool.
Hope the next one does too. I think it will.
For June we are reading, with no capital letters in the title:
behind the beautiful forevers, by Katherine Boo.
Non-fiction, but why not? It's the exceptions that define the rules...
;)
