Go to it Moms! Assume we will read at least one in this order for each upcoming meeting. I know, I know, this is quite organized for us, but the stress level of actually obtaining the book is now out there. ( Note: We do not have to read the German or Spanish editions. Amazing, but most of these have been translated into many, many languages. ) We can change the list, add more, etc. And, asalways,don't worry if you haven't red the book, someone else has and they will tell you all about it. Relax!
Justine Laurence Durrell The city of Alexandria, Egypt, in the years between the First and Second World Wars is hauntingly evoked in Justine, the first novel in Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria Quartet.
The Sun Also Rises: first major novel written by Ernest Hemingway. Published in 1926, the plot centers on a group of expatriate Americans in Europe during the 1920s. The book's title, selected by Hemingway (at the recommendation of his publisher) is taken from Ecclesiastes 1:5: "The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose." Hemingway's original title for the work was Fiesta, which was used in the British, German and Spanish editions of the novel.
Daughters of Fortune Written by Isabelle Allende Allende expands her geographical boundaries in this sprawling, engrossing historical novel flavored by four cultures of English, Chilean, Chinese and American set during the 1849 California Gold Rush. The alluring tale begins in Valpara!so, Chile, with young Eliza Sommers, who was left as a baby on the doorstep of wealthy British importers Miss Rose Sommers and her prim brother, Jeremy.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn , Written by Betty Smith. It relates the coming-of-age story of its main character, Francie Nolan, and her Austrian/Irish-American family struggling against poverty in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City.
Passage to India (1924) is a novel by E. M. Forster set against the backdrop of the British Raj and the Indian independence movement in the 1920s. It was selected as one of the 100 great works of English literature.
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