May 27, 2021 - The Center Woman’s Reading Club met on Thursday, April 1st at the First United Methodist Church fellowship hall.
The club voted to the program topic for next year will be the Book with the Greatest Impact.
Janene Walker read the resolution in memory of Polly Barron Smith who joined our Woman’s Reading Club in 1996. It is a beautifully written tribute by Janene to a faithful, loving member of our club. This resolution will be sent to Polly’s daughter Anne.
Janene Walker presented her program “The Thirteenth Tale” by Diane Setterfield. Reclusive author Vida Winter, famous for her collection of twelve enchanting stories, has spent the past six decades penning a series of alternate lives for herself. Now old and ailing, she is ready to reveal the truth about her extraordinary existence and the violent and tragic past she has kept secret of so long. Calling on Margaret Lea, a young biographer troubled by her own painful history, Vida disenters the life she meant to bury for good. Margaret is mesmerized by the author’s tale of gothic strangeness-featuring the beautiful and willful Isabelle, the feral twins Adeline and Emmeline, a ghost, a governess, a topiary garden and a devastating fire. Together, Margaret and Vida confront the ghosts that have haunted them while becoming, finally, transformed by the truth themselves.
Please contact the club membership coordinator, Monty Jones, at 936-598-5757 if you are interested in visiting the club.
By Stephanie Elswick
