Book Club continues through the summer, sometimes enjoying an outdoor session if the weather co-operates. The July 22 book is Who Do You Think You Are? by Alice Munroe. Rose and her stepmother Flo live in Hanratty, across the bridge from the “good” part of town. Rose, alternately fascinated and appalled by the rude energy of the people around her, grows up nursing her hope of outgrowing her humble beginnings and plotting to escape to university.
Rose makes her escape and thinks herself free. But Hanratty’s question – “Who do you think you are?” – rings in Rose’s ears during her days in Vancouver, mocks her attempts to make her marriage successful, and haunts her new career back East as an actress and interviewer.
In these stories of Rose and Flo, Alice Munro explores the universal story of growing up – Rose’s struggle to accept herself tells the story of our lives.
The August 26 book will be The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley
If you’d like more information about the Book Club or if there’s a book you’d like to discuss, please let Barbara know at [email protected]. The Book Club meets on the fourth Tuesday evening of each month from 7:00 to 9:00 pm (except December) in the Lower Hall. Come and join in a lively discussion about a great book.
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