The Book Group met last week and had a good discussion about Mountains Beyond Mountains, by Tracy Kidder. We liked the book, the author, and the main characters. It's an inspiring story. I know that some of you who couldn't make it to the meeting, read the book and enjoyed it. I hope everyonone will get a chance to read it and be inspired.
We always try to read something light for the summer. For July we will be reading They Went Whistling: Women Wayfarers, Warriors, Runaways and Renagades, by Barbara Holland. We will meet on Wednesday evening, July 30th, 6:30 PM, in the Food Court at Colony Mill Marketplace.
I hope to see you then.
Linda Cates
Amazon.com describes the book as follows:
They Went Whistling is Barbara Holland's account of history's outstanding, and largely forgotten, females. The women revealed within these pages were driven by passion--for religion, humanity, adventure, politics, and knowledge--that couldn't be curtailed by convention. They were witty, defiant, and, more often than not, beautiful. Shamefully, most of us are unfamiliar with their accomplishments. Holland brings such faces as Joan of Arc, Daisy Bates, Stagecoach Mary, and Mary "Mother" Jones into the same light as Napoleon, Lawrence of Arabia, Billy the Kid, and Frederick Engels. These women lived fascinating lives. Often it is not their virtuousness that is prized, but their gall and utter disregard for living within societal lines.
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