Women's Book Club: Black & White October 7, 2008

Hi. Some of The Girls (groups.yahoo.com/group/someofthegirls/ ) is a group of women who enjoy life, conversations and going out. Every month, we'll have a Tuesday Book Club.

This month we'll be discussing "Black & White" with Meredith as the moderator. We will meet at 6:30 PM which will give us time to order dinner and get settled, the actual book discussion will begin at 7:00 PM. (The 1.3 rule is in effect for dinner, every $10 base amount you spend you must put in $13 to cover tax and tip.)

The New York Times - Erica Wagner
You could say that the novel's central proposition is trite: how will Clara face the demons of her past? Yet all universal dilemmas and this is certainly one could be dismissed as trite. The truth is they face us all, and it is the novelist's job to breathe life into them one way or another, and this is something Shapiro does very well indeed. The strength of this novel is its particularity, its specificity, whether Shapiro is raking over the changes wrought by the years to the Upper West Side or describing Clara's sense of dislocation as she attempts to blend in with the other moms on the Maine island

Please do not attend this discussion if you have not read the book.

Official Website: http://www.evite.com/app/publicUrl/TLEWOXFRSDDFLDJHNZWT/100708shapiro