We gathered at Katie's for a warm and welcoming dinner around her fire for a discussion on The Round House by Louise Erdich. The Club had read other works by Louise Erdich in the past and distant past and these novels had received mixed review. The Round House was unanimously liked by all Club members. We were just missing Ed, who we wished had been there to help explain the tribal laws referred to in the novel. There were so many layers and themes in the novel, which was the fun part of the discussion. Some were struck by the morality dilemmas, others by the trauma and response to trauma, while others the coming of age/loss of innocence. The writing was beautiful and the metaphors worked. We agreed that all the characters appealed to us accept, Lark. We also found parallels between the themes of Native American segregation and separate laws and our own Abenaki Tribes here in Vermont. We topped the evening off with Lexi's legendary holiday cookies. All words were lost as we grappled with which cookie to choose to end the evening! Thank you, Lexi!
Next month we are at Mindy's -She is getting home late from work and makes no promises. Cindy is raiding the freezer and bringing ice-cream. Lexi is bringing left over cookies (yum). See you soon.
