Lioness of Boston

 

For November, we read The Lioness of Boston, a historical fictional account of Isabella Steward Gardner's life.  As a group, we didn't love the novel, but we had a great discussion.  We talked about art, marriage, architecture and love.  The novel gave us a very strong feeling of place and time.  Boston at the turn of the last century was not inclusive in the upper classes of old Bostonian families.  The story of how Isabella Stewart Gardner carved out a way to be in as authenic a way as she could during a time when there were many roadblocks was impressive.

Next book is Orbital by Samantha Harvey.  We are meeting on December 16th at Chrysanne's at 5:30.  Alex Roth will be joining us as Cindy's guest.