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The Hills at Home by Nancy Clark

Wonderful, amazing novel that chronicles a year in the life of a Yankee family in the late 1980s. The characters are excellent, and the details from the time period make it all ring true. This is one of those novels where the main character is the family, like We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates or The Rotter's Club by Jonathan Coe. My only regret is that I read it in August instead of October; it has a very autumnal feeling, to me. I wish I'd washed it down with a big glass of apple cider.

Special To My Book Club

Here's a few ideas I had for the comparative lit stuff we want to do for the next two months. We can decide at the meeting, but please feel free to discuss it here and add your own suggestions, especially if you won't be able to make it tomorrow night.

Two On Slavery:

The Known World by Edward P Jones

Property by Valerie Martin

Two out of Three on Jane Austen:

The Jane Austen Book Club

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Mr. Darcy's Daughters by Elizabeth Aston

Two on Autism

Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

Thinking in Pictures: and Other Reports from My Life With Autism by Temple Grandin