By David James Duncan
“Brothers K is a 1992 novel by David James Duncan an author, fisherman and environmental advocate from the Pacific Northwest. It builds on the sporting and spiritual themes of The River Why novel, Duncan’s first book, but on a much larger canvas, focusing on an entire family instead of a single protagonist. Duncan uses multiple points of view to reinforce this effect by including material supposedly written by different family members in the broad narrative by Kincaid Chance. The novel tells the story of the Chance family as they pass through the turbulent waters of Papa Chance’s minor league baseball career and the upheavals of the Vietnam War. It is also a deeply religious novel about love and family and spiritual growth and the difference between church and religion. The title is clearly a reference to Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov and to the baseball abbreviation for a strike-out.”
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Please Join Us on Sunday, August 15th at:
113 W. Indiana Ave
1-3pm
If you can’t make it or would like a head start on September’s Book Read, we are reading:
“Combining a profoundly tender story of youth with politics and an unmistakable sense of place, Teri Hein has written a memoir that is part Terry Tempest Williams, part Erin Brockovich, part Garrison Keillor. In the end, she offers a rich and ribald journey into the universal mysteries of childhood, love, community, and home, a journey that confirms humankind’s infinite capacity for hope.”
During the August meeting, we will be choosing new books to read for the following months. We will decide on a handful of books, so if you have any suggestions and cannot make the meeting, please email Hilary, Monique or Becky and provide a brief summary so we can share it with the group.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or would like more information:
Hilary – hilwhitt [at] hotmail [dot] com
Monique – moniquekovalenko [at] gmail [dot] com
