No Ides of March for our book club this cold and dreary day. No, we had a wonderful time at a sushi restaurant and welcomed a new member to our club. Our book was “Trapeze,” by Simon Mawer. Of course, any and all historic fiction is so exciting to me, but some of the members struggle a bit with it. That is why it is so important to be part of a book club to read outside your favorite genres. I would never have read some of the books we have, and I’m so glad I did.
“Trapeze,” takes place in Great Britain and in Nazi-occupied France during WWII. The book honors the bravery of the women who were intensely trained and dropped into France (there were actually 39 specially trained operatives and 12 of them were murdered after they were captured by the Nazis). To bring us into their incredible world Mawer focuses his story on Marian Sutro. See my book review on under Mawer on the right. This was a fascinating and thoroughly enjoyable book for me, and if your book club likes historic fiction you should definitely put it on your list to read.
We’ve decided that April’s book will be “The Art of Racing in the Rain,” by Garth Stein. Till next month….