Hello All!
We were off to a great start of year eight. From what I understand, this was a great turn out. ALL the bookworms made it!!
We met at City Line Restaurant in New City, and had a room all to ourselves. We discussed Mudwoman, by Joyce Carol Oates. This is an interesting and intricate story about a woman who is slowly mentally decompensating. The writing, however, made the book what it was. Oates used vivid description, timing, paragraph breaks, and parentheses in the writing, to describe and alert the reader to psychological changes in the protagonist. Everyone seemed to enjoy the book, and even those who didn't particularly like the story found it interesting. Most of the discusiion centered on what aspect of the central character's experience was real or imagined. As M.R.'s hold on reality became more tenuous, this became increasingly difficult to establish. The author's narrative techniques were discussed in order to explain the main character's life, and her perception of her life. There was a lively discussion and everyone enjoyed the food, and left looking forward to a "movie month" in October.
---- Maria Rodriguez
