A couple of months ago "The New Book Club" read Bed by David Whitehouse. I neglected to order the book ahead of time and was running out of time to read it before the meeting. While searching the web for a source I came across a blog by none other than the talented Mr. Whitehouse. We shared a few correspondences and were talking about giving him a New Book Club review on face book. Think we scared him off. To bad, we loved the book.
Here is the letter I composed to send to him if he ever replied......
Dear David,
There were five of us at the meeting, and the result was love.
As a group we unanimously thought the writing was splendid, the topic of gross and morbid obesity disgusting, and the power of love moving.
We had split feelings about the ending and Mal’s reasoning for giving everyone in the family a purpose. Some think that the family members would have never been able to continue without him, playing out there rolls perfectly. The others thought that he was grossly self absorbed and controlling, thinking that he alone had the power to manipulate their lives.
What an intricate circle of co-dependence and enabling you wove. We all agree that exists in every family in some dichotomy or another. It seems to stem from the innate human ability to be addicted to food, drugs, need, attention, or love. We are all Mal on some level, as well as Mum, Dad, Lou, and ……the nameless brother.
Well off to Moloka’i next. So glad to have spent the last two weeks in BED.
Hope you are writing,
Lizz Grinsell & The New Book Club
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