Molly was the wonderful hostess for our June book club meeting. We had a grand time, there was book talk, yummy food, drinks and a good-luck red velvet/mocha cake for Beth...not good-bye. All in all a wonderful way to start the summer.
(from Author's website)
The Zookeeper's Wife is about one of the most successful hideouts of World War II. It's a tale of people, animals, transcendence, and subversive acts of compassion.
ORION MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES THE WINNER
OF THE 2008 ORION BOOK AWARD
Diane Ackerman's The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story (W. W. Norton) has been selected to receive the 2008 Orion Book Award, which is conferred annually to a book that deepens our connection to the natural world, presents new ideas about our relationship with nature, and achieves excellence in writing.
"The Zookeeper's Wife is a groundbreaking work of nonfiction," said selection committee member Mark Kurlansky, "in which the human relationship to nature is explored in an absolutely original way through looking at the Holocaust." Kathleen Dean Moore, the committee's chairperson, said: "A few years ago, 'nature' writers were asking themselves, How can a book be at the same time a work of art, an act of conscientious objection to the destruction of the world, and an affirmation of hope and human decency? The Zookeeper's Wife answers this question."
There was a lively discussion about the book as well as other life stuff...We also wished Beth luck as she made the move up north to the Seattle Starbucks HQ. Rory had this very special "Coffee Cake" made in her honor. Yummy!
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