What is there about talking with the author of a book you have read that changes your appreciation of the story? Is it the time that author has devoted to telling the story, sometimes a year or longer on just the research? How about the story itself? Is it knowing what sparked the author's mind and inspired the story?
I know, for me, it is all of the above and more when we speak with authors via SKYPE or phone during our book club meetings.
While speaking with Lily Koppel author of The Astronaut's Wives Club I was struck by her commitment to tell the story of these remarkable women behind the scenes of the men with the "right stuff". It reminded me of how boxed in women were in the 50's and 60's. Every woman was supposed to be June Cleaver of Leave it to Beaver fame and these women were expected to fit the mold by NASA and the public. But I wonder are we better off today when every woman can give free expression of herself - twerking in public is acceptable???!!
Reading opens up doors in our minds to endless possibilities and for me, reading gives voice to my constant desire to have a better world for my family and seek ways to accomplish that.
Southwest Louisiana Pulpwood Queens Book Club
