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SUMMARY:The East Valley Book Club November Meetup
DESCRIPTION:The East Valley Book Club\n\nOk\, well\, I haven't finalized th
 e details for the November meeting\, but I will post the book for now.  We 
 have chosen "The Glass Castle: A Memoir" by Jeannette Walls.  This book is 
 one that has been on my radar for a while.  Here is what Publisher's Weekly
 0 has to say:\nFreelance writer Walls doesn't pull her punches. She opens h
 er memoir by describing looking out the window of her taxi\, wondering if s
 he's "overdressed for the evening" and spotting her mother on the sidewalk\
 , "rooting through a Dumpster." Walls's parents—just two of the unforgettab
 le characters in this excellent\, unusual book—were a matched pair of eccen
 trics\, and raising four children didn't conventionalize either of them. He
 r father was a self-taught man\, a would-be inventor who could stay longer 
 at a poker table than at most jobs and had "a little bit of a drinking situ
 ation\," as her mother put it. With a fantastic storytelling knack\, Walls 
 describes her artist mom's great gift for rationalizing. Apartment walls so
  thin they heard all their neighbors? What a bonus—they'd "pick up a little
  Spanish without even studying." Why feed their pets? They'd be helping the
 m "by not allowing them to become dependent." While Walls's father's versio
 n of Christmas presents—walking each child into the Arizona desert at night
  and letting each one claim a star—was delightful\, he wasn't so dear when 
 he stole the kids' hard-earned savings to go on a bender. The Walls childre
 n learned to support themselves\, eating out of trashcans at school or pain
 ting their skin so the holes in their pants didn't show. Buck-toothed Jeann
 ette even tried making her own braces when she heard what orthodontia cost.
  One by one\, each child escaped to New York City. Still\, it wasn't long b
 efore their parents appeared on their doorsteps. "Why not?" Mom said. "Bein
 g homeless is an adventure." \nHope that everyone has a good read with this
  one\, and I look forward to discussing it!\nSYH\n\nOK\, I thought that I w
 ould add on to the existing meeting.  I have finalized the details.  This m
 eeting starts a little earlier than others (6pm instead of 7pm) and we get 
 to invite other people!  Like\, not book reading people!  It will be a bit 
 of a potluck type dinner\, so bring whatever you would like.  I hope to see
  EVERYONE there\, even if you haven't read the book\, and get to know us!  
 We are crazy\, but we are fun!\n\nHope to see you there!  Oh\, and Merry Ch
 ristmas!\n\nMesa\, AZ  85205 - USA\n\nWednesday\, November 19 at 7:00 PM\n\
 nPhoto: http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/e/5/0/2/event_6658626.
 jpeg\n\nAttending: 19\n\nDetails: http://bookclub.meetup.com/430/calendar/8
 913093/
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