Adult Book Club- A Year of Great Discussions

On Monday May 11th parents, grandparents and teachers met for the last meeting of this school year to discuss the Pulitzer prize winning novel, All the Light that We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. Raji, one of our kindergarten teachers joined our group for this discussion after finishing it a few days before and feeling that this book had a profound influence on his life. All of us concurred, having felt this way after finishing the book or even for a few, after reading halfway through the book.

The New York Times book review writer, Janet Maslin, delineated a few themes in her review from April 28, 2014, that resonated for us during our discussion. The themes she describes are: the brain's power to create light in darkness, self-protection and lies. The lyrical writing in this book, the finely drawn characters and the complexity of the plot and plots within the plot all spoke to us. As readers, we all bring our life experiences into our reading and discussion of any book. The format of a book club allows us to share a part of ourselves. We are looking forward to a summer of exploration and fun with our families, reading with that summer gift of time and then to another great year of discussions with our Abington Friends Adult Book Club. All are invited to join us next year, a schedule will appear at the beginning of the school year- our first meeting will be in October.