The Ladies Auxillary by: Tova Mirvis

Thanks to all those who were able to come tonight to book club. Riley (& Dustin) thanks for hosting. Rebecca, thanks for a great discussion. As always it was great to discuss and gain perspective on a book that we may have not read before. It was good for us to learn to appreciate why we are here now. Of course we can be nostalgic about the past but we must live in the present. I think that we also learned to look for the best from the past and add what we know to make the best decisions for us now. Of course our discussion went all over but the best part was being together.
For those unable to come we missed you and hope to see you next month. We are reading the following:

For March Kris Tolman has chosen The Ladies Auxilliary by: Tova Mirvis. (The library has two copies but Amazon has copies for as little as $.01 & half.com has copies for $0.75. Paperbackswap.com is where I got mine.)

Word of warning: You may want to go here periodically to check the definition of Yiddish words used throughout the story that may help you better understand the book.

As I go through the book I will put links to words, images & background about Judaism that may deepen our understanding of this book. As always if you have anything to share PLEASE do so....I love learning from all of you. I feel like an adult when I have the opportunity to learn from those I truly respect!

Man of The Family

Carl Henry, Ralph Moody and Dutch Gunther,1955.

Henry and Gunther are characters in Moody's books.

Ralph Moody has taken a pretty biographical piece of literature and made it both palatable and interesting. As I read this book I at once longed for a "simpler" time-even if it wasn't all that simple.

To me this is the male version of Little House on the Prairie now Laura Ingalls Wilder may not agree with me but since I have three boys I totally felt as though I need to get them to read these books so that they can better understand this time period.

While searching the internet for more information on Mr. Moody I came across this. It has some great information on Mr. Moody and a little bit of the "rest of the story".

Of course if you want to read the entire series the remaining books are as follows:

Little Britches

Man of the Family

The Home Ranch

Mary Emma and Company

The Fields of Home

Shaking the Nickel Bush

The Dry Divide

Horse of a Different Color

Mr. Moody also wrote other books such as a work about the famous thoroughbred Seabiscuit called, Come on Seabiscuit. Let us all know what you thought about Man of the Family on Thursday, Feb 17th at Riley Walker's home. (Same neighborhood as last month & I will post address soon)