Sharing Bird Sisters

One of my OMBC friends shared much better about this book which I recommend to you for good summer read..

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2011

Book Club at Bonnie's June 2011


Our book club met last night at Bonnie's. I look forward to book club each month, but we book club members especially look forward to when Bonnie hosts because she always pays so much attention to detail. She incorporates details from the book into everything from the table setting to the food.

All her special touches make a great evening together with friends even more special. Bonnie's book pick for June was The Bird Sisters by Rebecca Rasmussen. It is a debut book for the author, and we all gave it high ratings. Read about it:

When a bird flies into a window in Spring Green, Wisconsin, sisters Milly and Twiss get a visit. Twiss listens to the birds' heartbeats, assessing what she can fix and what she can't, while Milly listens to the heartaches of the people who've brought them. These spinster sisters have spent their lives nursing people and birds back to health.



But back in the summer of 1947, Milly and Twiss knew nothing about trying to mend what had been accidentally broken. Milly was known as a great beauty with emerald eyes and Twiss was a brazen wild child who never wore a dress or did what she was told. That was the summer their golf pro father got into an accident that cost him both his swing and his charm, and their mother, the daughter of a wealthy jeweler, finally admitted their hardscrabble lives wouldn't change. It was the summer their priest, Father Rice, announced that God didn't exist and ran off to Mexico, and a boy named Asa finally caught Milly's eye. And, most unforgettably, it was the summer their cousin Bett came down from a town called Deadwater and changed the course of their lives forever.


Rebecca Rasmussen's masterfully written debut novel is full of hope and beauty, heartbreak and sacrifice, love and the power of sisterhood, and offers wonderful surprises at every turn.




Last month when Bonnie gave us the book to read, she included a bookmark that she designed and stitched for each of us. She's creative and thoughtful like that.



Bonnie had little bird motifs in the table setting and in her decor.



In the book, the character Milly baked and decorated special owl cookies for Asa, the boy she liked. Bonnie's daughter and book club member, Rebecca, and her daughter Joella baked and decorated owl cookies for us.


The character, Twiss, concocted a special prairie tonic to sell at the fair, and Bonnie duplicated Twiss's tonic. Twiss's tonic was supposed to bring happiness, and just looking at Bonnie's tonic made me happy. She's so clever.



The mother character in the book got to take a ride in an airplane at the fair, and she wore goggles. Bonnie found these great goggles at an auction she attended recently, and they were a perfect addition to The Bird Sisters decor.

Of course the food was as great as the decorations. She served Swiss steak, potatoes, lettuce salad, and kidney bean salad. For dessert we had strawberry pie and lemon pie. Delicious!

So thanks, Bonnie, for another great book club meeting at your wonderful cabin on the prairie. Your delightful touches are appreciated by me and your fellow book club members.

July book club will meet at my house. What a tough act to follow!
POSTED BY BB AT 5:47 AM
LABELS: BONNIE, BOOK CLUB
1 COMMENTS:

Queen Bee's Musings said...
Thanks it is just as fun for me preparing!
Loved sharing with my special OMBC friends. Looking forward to yours as well!

JUNE 8, 2011 4:51 PM
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