West Roxbury Literary Society of Loose Ends
The final meeting of the 20th year of West Roxbury Literary Society of Loose Ends came to a conclusion at Geoffrey’s Cafe at 4257 Washington Street in Roslindale Square on Monday, June 18th. Over a delightful dinner with appetisers and desserts we would all recommend Geoffrey’s to our friends and spouses. The desserts by Michael Aplin were worth every calorie. We all enjoyed the splendid service of Beau as well as Shari.. Keep in mind the kitchen is open until midnight!
The members of the book club are charter members: (President), Debbie Vinci, Kathy Cummings Tower, Kathy Cooke Wilmarth, Donna Miller, Maureen Hayes Rossi; also attending were (Secretary) Tanya Tower Newburg, Chris Conroy Kristeller, Jeanne Black Guidi, Beverly Sheehan and Maureen Hachey.
This month’s book was a new novel by Khaled Hosseini called A Thousand Splendid Suns. He also wrote, a few years ago, the wildly popular, Kite Runner. Most members had finished the novel within the past month and many described it as “brutal.” It felt more non-fiction than fiction since these are accounts of the war in Afghanistan that we have been assaulted with by the news media for well over a decade. The tragic lives of the women veiled and unveiled, educated and uneducated and how they were valued within their families. Most members rated the book between 4.77 (Our scale runs from 0 the worst to 5 the best).
Society reading list since 1987 here
Our 21st year will start 9/23/07. Stay tuned!
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