News
Maggie O'Farrell, Hamnet, and The Marriage Portrait (just out) will speak at the Seattle Arts and Lectures series on Tuesday, October 11 at 7:30 PST (10:30 our time). But you get a digital pass (10 days) AND a book (hardback, signed). Other interesting authors include Louise Penny, Amor Towles, and Celeste Ng among others. See https://lectures.org/ for information and tickets.
In this course 2020, we read Her Final Confession by Lisa Regan. She's going to appear at the Hockessin Bookshelf on Wednesday, September 14 at 6:30.
RSVP is requested (302-235-7665, hockessinbookshelf@gmail.com or www.hockessinbookshelf.com). From Denise Weiner.
Book #3, Kristin Hanna, The Magic Hour (the winner)
I tallied the votes from both the virtual and the in-person classes and this novel won, with 2 1/2 times the number of vote.
Blurb: In the rugged Pacific Northwest lies the Olympic National Forest—nearly a million acres of impenetrable darkness and impossible beauty. From deep within this old growth forest, a six-year-old girl appears. Speechless and alone, she offers no clue as to her identity, no hint of her past.
Having retreated to her western Washington hometown after a scandal left her career in ruins, child psychiatrist Dr. Julia Cates is determined to free the extraordinary little girl she calls Alice from a prison of unimaginable fear and isolation. To reach her, Julia must discover the truth about Alice’s past—although doing so requires help from Julia’s estranged sister, a local police officer.
NOTE: this novel features a "wild child," a somewhat unusual literary trope, but one with a surprisingly long history.
Next week
September 14 and 15
Information on the topics addressed in the novel—artists, horses, etc.
September 21 and 22
Discussion of the novel Horse, Geraldine Brooks
Check the schedule on the course website
https://sites.google.com/udel.edu/novels/schedule
Topics to consider as you read
Novel structure—shift between time periods and characters
Relationship between the present and past history, specifically changes in attitudes, behavior, social conventions
Narrative voice