Hostess: Mary Marotta
Our Book is My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry A charming, warmhearted novel from the author of the New York Times bestseller A Man Called Ove. Elsa is seven years old and different. Her grandmother is seventy-seven years old and crazy—as in standing-on-the-balcony-firing-paintball-guns-at-strangers crazy. She is also Elsa’s best, and only, friend. At night Elsa takes refuge in her grandmother’s stories, in the Land-of-Almost-Awake and the Kingdom of Miamas, where everybody is different and nobody needs to be normal. When Elsa’s grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters apologizing to people she has wronged, Elsa’s greatest adventure begins. Her grandmother’s instructions lead her to an apartment building full of drunks, monsters, attack dogs, and old crones but also to the truth about fairy tales and kingdoms and a grandmother like no other.
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry is told with the same comic accuracy and beating heart as Fredrik Backman’s bestselling debut novel, A Man Called Ove. It is a story about life and death and one of the most important human rights: the right to be different.
Reading Group Guide
Hostess: Mary - Christmas 16"
- Thick n' Chunky Tortilla Soup (recipe)
- Sangria recipe/Christmas
- Spinach Salad link
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Reminder: Please bring along one wrapped book for our "Holiday Book Yankee Trade"
Dates for Spring 2017 : ( this will be our 9th year ! )
If any of these dates are in conflict with any big event or school event please let Laurie know. The dates below are all Sunday dates.
January 29th...Sylvia Pepin / Nicole Harris
February 19th
March 26th
April 30th ( Easter is April 16th )
May 21st
June 25th
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