The Royal Book Club's March meeting was especial, besides talking about a book we celebrated Keitha's birthday.
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| Keitha's birthday - she is so happy! three layer pudding for dessert made by Sharon |
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| Susan, Pat, Keitha and Linda E |
14 ladies gathered tonight: Nancy, Lisa, Pat, Emily, Susan, Martha, Sara, Debra, Sharon, Linda E, Keitha, Leigh Lynn, Jan and Maricarmen
I ordered tamales from Ana, made with shiitake mushrooms, canned tomatoes and peppers from our garden, extra virgin olive oil, and masa. Served with salsa, sour cream, cheese & shredded cabbage.
I also made black bean soup cooked with rosemary and spiced with cumin and smoked paprika... oh my that was delicious!
For desert - a three layer colorful pudding made by Sharon and 2 containers of yogurt ice cream courtesy of Leigh Lynn - flavors: dark chocolate and coffee; as I was getting a very small serving I realized I would have insomnia that night... and of course I did, a wonderful opportunity to recall the party and the witty story of Major Pettigrew; it is great to laugh at 7 pm and then again at 4 am.
Book: Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
In the small village of Edgecombe St. Mary in the English countryside lives Major Pettigrew (retired), the unlikely hero of Helen Simonson's wondrous debut. Wry, courtly, opinionated, and completely endearing, the Major leads a quiet life valuing the proper things that Englishmen have lived by for generations: honor, duty, decorum, and a properly brewed cup of tea. But then his brother's death sparks an unexpected friendship with Mrs. Jasmina Ali, the Pakistani shopkeeper from the village. Drawn together by their shared love of literature and the loss of their spouses, the Major and Mrs Ali soon find their friendship blossoming into something more. But village society insists on embracing him as the quintessential local and regarding her as the permanent foreigner. Can their relationship survive the risks one takes when pursuing happiness in the face of culture and tradition?
As I started reading this book I thought "interesting that a female author in her forties choose a male character in his seventies, I wonder how she will do with that? and she did great she was able to get into his habits, mind patterns, and love's impetus to shake him up!
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