September is our anniversary. This September is our 10 YEAR anniversary. It is hard to believe we’ve been meeting that long --- check out the complete list of all the books we’ve read here: http://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/lapl-reads/book-lists/abc-arroyo-book-club-picks-updated.
To celebrate, September’s meeting will run a bit longer than usual and include a potluck. So make your favorite dish and bring it to share. You’ll want to bring your appetite too so you can sample all the delicious creations of your fellow book clubbers.
The book we’ll be discussing is The Ox Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark. The book though grim sounding seems topical in many ways that will hopefully yield an invigorating discussion. The book is described:
Set in 1885,The Ox-Bow Incident is a searing and realistic portrait of frontier life and mob violence in the American West. First published in 1940, it focuses on the lynching of three innocent men and the tragedy that ensues when law and order are abandoned. The result is an emotionally powerful, vivid, and unforgettable re-creation of the Western novel, which Clark transmuted into a universal story about good and evil, individual and community, justice and human nature. As Wallace Stegner writes, [Clark's] theme was civilization, and he recorded, indelibly, its first steps in a new country.We’ll meet on September 24 at 3:00 and continue until the food and discussion wears out --- or the library closes.
