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The Book That Matters Most
by Ann Hood
Opening scene: yarn bombed marquee. Bombed by the woman who stole the primary character, Ava's husband.
To dig out of her humdrums, Ava joins a book club, a tight knit group hard to infiltrate unless happenstance voids a slot. Selecting books for the year, they theme them as "the book that mattered most". Ava's is an obscure novel she read repeatedly the year her sister and mother both died. She was but 12.
Sharing chapters with her wayward daughter, supposedly studying art in France, when all she really was doing was skirting a STD & liver damage until becoming a kept woman by a libidinous, married man who expresses her into a junkie.
Hank, a detective and foie illicite, also gets to speak his parts as they all twist into a tidy bow at the end. One, I might add, that tho it really held no surprises, was comforting to meet. I'm so glad Ava came out so strong, finally.
Ironically, tho not so much, this was our book club selection. I'm glad for that choice.
To dig out of her humdrums, Ava joins a book club, a tight knit group hard to infiltrate unless happenstance voids a slot. Selecting books for the year, they theme them as "the book that mattered most". Ava's is an obscure novel she read repeatedly the year her sister and mother both died. She was but 12.
Sharing chapters with her wayward daughter, supposedly studying art in France, when all she really was doing was skirting a STD & liver damage until becoming a kept woman by a libidinous, married man who expresses her into a junkie.
Hank, a detective and foie illicite, also gets to speak his parts as they all twist into a tidy bow at the end. One, I might add, that tho it really held no surprises, was comforting to meet. I'm so glad Ava came out so strong, finally.
Ironically, tho not so much, this was our book club selection. I'm glad for that choice.