Bonnie Garmus

This was the recommended book for our book club. I read it in a couple of days and more than once wanted to throw it across the room. Be warned there is an assault at the beginning of the book and I almost stopped reading right then but I knew it set the tone for the ugliness Elizabeth encountered and how it formed her personality. Thankfully there are some funny scenes right afterwards. Some of it made me angry about how many woman were treated in the 1950's and 1960's when it came to forging their own path in the fields that were dominated by men. Notice I didn’t say all women, because my mother as a single mother raising 2 children became the top sales person in an all male business. But I’m not minimizing the fight for equality; it is real and still ongoing. I did like the bizarreness of Elizabeth Zott, the way she was singularly focused. Loved the dog, the child and was fascinated by Calvin and his mysterious childhood. I didn’t like the underlying theme of all religious are the bad guys or are misguided in their beliefs. I’ll have to wait to see what the book club thought, because that should be a interesting discussion.… (mere)