We will be discussing the following sectio ns:
\nApril 1--Reliable Pleasures--Pages 4 - 85--Bright White Corrid or
\nApril 8 --Plans--Pages 87 - 179--Gonzo
\nApril 15--Softer Landing- Pages 181 - 268 --Nothing Could be Finer
\nApril 22 --Is T his What you think --Pages 269 -- to the end of the book
\nApril 29- -Wrap of any discussion of The Heart of Winter and discussion of recommend ed books\, videos\, events\, etc. \; \;
\n"From the author o f Again and Again and Small World\, a heartwarming novel about a married c ouple in their eighties\, flashing back to tell the story of their lives a cross their courtship\, marriage\, children\, and long-standing\, opposite s-attract love. Abe Winter and Ruth Warneke were never meant to be togethe r-at least if you ask Ruth. Yet their catastrophic blind date in college e volved into a seventy-year marriage and a life on a farm on Bainbridge Isl and with their hens and beloved Labrador Megs. Through the years\, the Win ters have fallen in and out of lockstep\, and out of their haunting losses and guarded secrets\, a dependable partnership has been forged. But when Ruth's loose tooth turns out to be something much more malicious\, the bea utiful\, reliable life they've created together comes to a crisis. As Ruth struggles with her crumbling independence\, Abe must learn how to take ca re of her while their three living children question his ability to look a fter his wife. And once again\, the couple has to reconfigure how to be th ere for each other. In this big-hearted and profound portrait of a marriag e\, Jonathan Evison explores 70 years of big moments in subtle ways\, eleg antly braiding the Winters' turbulent history with their present-day battl es\, showing us how the oddly paired college kids became parents\, fell ap art and back together\, and grew into the Abe and Ruth of today. Endlessly heartwarming and moving\, Heart of Winter is a reminder that true love li ves in small\, everyday moments"-- Provided by publisher
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