Hey all,
Just a quick reminder that tomorrow is our next SBC meeting.
This month we are discussing Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones, hopefully you all received your copy in time.
I have to admit it took me a several attempts to get into it, but once I did it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. Looking forward to all your opinions tomorrow.
The newsletter was sent out by post yesterday, and emailed today to the ones who preferred the electronic copy so in theory everybody should get a copy of it today.
This month we have used the discussion questions that were created by the publisher, but we are hoping that for the next few books we could create our own as a group similar to the way Merrin & I did for Paul Carter's "Don't tell mum I work on the rigs..."
Can't wait to hear what you all thought about the book, Natalie
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Thanks for a stimulating discussion about Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. I was interested in how members considered the death of Susie and the impact on the family in relation to their own experiences of death in the family. The process of attempting to understand a foreign situation/event is shaped by its relation to our own life experiences and knowledge.
ReplyDeleteHowever this process does not apply to Sebold's version of Heaven, a God-free place which I am sure has challenged a lot of readers. I have read that Sebold was raised as a Episcopalian and intended Susie's Heaven to be simplistic.
As we discussed, there are a number of themes running through this story. For me the main one is that it is a coming-of-age story. Although Susie is dead she manages to grow up in heaven through Ruth.
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping to come along to my very first SBC session tomorrow although I've not read Water for Elephants yet :-( I have however read The Lovely Bones and I'm looking forward to seeing Peter Jackson's version on the big screen.
At first I found it a little tricky to get into aswell, but it didn't take too long before it become a bit of a page turner for me.
I found it thought-provoking, sad, shocking, suspensful and moving.
Can't wait to read Water for Elephants. I had a quick squiz at the summary after talking to Natalie today :-)
So many books and so little time hahaha.
Hope to catch you guys tomorrow :-)
Megan