Point of view goes back and forth between a husband and wife whose marriage has gone completely wrong and the wife has gone missing. A good fun read with twists and turns everywhere.
PJH Rating: ****
Book: The Unlikely Pilgramage of Harold Fry; Rachel Joyce
Harold Fry, a recently retired office worker in southern England, receives a letter from a past friend informing him that she is dying of cancer. Harold writes a letter back to her. On the way to the post office to deliver the letter, he decides to walk to visit her instead…500 miles away…a journey that takes months.
PJH rating: ****
The Guppy Regatta
A morning regatta last Saturday for the kids at Delaney’s.
Book: The Weird Sisters; Eleanor Brown
Three sisters in their twenties/thirties come home to their small college town when their mother is going through chemo. Their Dad is an English professor and they are always speaking by quoting Shakespeare. Good read.
PJH Rating ****
CSA Week #12
Eat Out: Greenhouse Tavern
Courtney, Jack, Jenni and I went to the Greenhouse Tavern on E.4th last night before going to a concert at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This is the third time we have been here and again had a great meal. We sat outside as it was a beautiful evening and it’s always fun to watch the people walking around E. 4th. We split three appetizers: chicken wings, local green beans with tomatoes and whipped feta and a fresh peach that came with an agradolce sauce and bacon. They were all superb. We always have the wings and they are the best, most unique wings anywhere. The peach was also perfect and a fun new combination. For seconds I had a small plate of pasta carbonara with fresh corn, Courtney had a salad of endive and blue cheese, Jack had a strip steak with pomme frites and Jenni had a pasta called roasted pepper cacciatore. Again, all were excellent but Jenni’s pasta won the prize for sure. Perfect little pasta nuggets, not sure what the shape was called, with tomotaoes, peppers, fennell and other stuff. MMMM.
EatOnEdgecliff Rating: A all the way! (Don’t forget to get the chicken wings)
Book: Home, Toni Morrison
A brother and sister in deep rural Georgia leave home, the brother to Korean War, the sister to various jobs ending as a victim of medical experimentation. The war damaged son rescues his sister and they end up back home in their small town. Short, interesting, well written novel.
Book: Tell the Wolves I’m Home; Carol Rifka Brunt
Set in the mid 1980’s an 11 year old girl’s uncle is dying from AIDS. After his death she meets his lover and learns more about herself, her uncle and her family. Excellent book. Highly recommend.
PJH Rating: ****1/2
Book: The History of a Pleasure Seeker; Richard Mason
Set in 1915ish England, a man moves into a large manor house as the young son’s tutor and schemes and sleeps with everyone. Second half of book has him traveling to south Africa. Awful, trashy book. Not sure why I kept reading it.
Pjh rating: **
Book: The Cat’s Table; Michael Ondaatje
An 11 year old boy sails from Sri Lanka to England in 1950’s by himself. During the many weeks long journey he meets a cast of charachters and gets into all sorts of 11 year old trouble. The book goes back and forth relating how the journey has shaped the author as a man. By the Author of The English Patient. An enjoyable read.
PJH Rating: ****
