An amazing thing happened! I can't believe I haven't found the time to write a post about this. Granted, I've been extremely busy. Recently I've had a fiddle concert, five tests, and applications to fill out for high schools. But still, I should have found the time to write this.
About three weeks ago, my mother/daughter book group met to discuss the book, These Is My Words by author Nancy E. Turner. (According to Publishers Weekly… The book is based on the real-life exploits of the author's great-grandmother. The book is a fictionalized diary that vividly details Sarah Agnes Prine’s struggles with life and love in frontier Arizona at the end of the last century.)
The mother/daughter pair who had chosen the book that week had emailed Nancy Turner, and somehow arranged for us to call her during our book group meeting!
The day of, we called her, and asked her our questions about her book. I’m sorry to say that one of the only things that I can remember about the discussion was when she told us that her “Jack Elliot” is her husband, which I think is very sweet, but extremely unfair. For those of you who have read the book, I’m sure you know what I mean when I say that I’m sure all of us would love to have a Jack Elliot.
There are two other books in the Sarah Agnes Prine trilogy. Book 2 >> Sarah’s Quilt. Book 3 >> The Star Garden.
I didn’t even know authors would do that sort of thing. I was amazed and ecstatic to get to talk with Nancy Turner!
My mom and I just chose our next book for the group, Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi.(According to Publishers Weekly….Persepolis is Satrapi's autobiography is a timely and timeless story of a young girl's life under the Islamic Revolution.) I would love to have a book group discussion with her, but I’m not sure if she speaks English.
