Summary from Amazon:
In his biggest, boldest novel yet, the much-acclaimed author of Nobody's Fool and Straight Man subjects a full cross-section of a crumbling Maine mill town to piercing, compassionate scrutiny, capturing misfits, malefactors and misguided honest citizens alike in the steady beam of his prose. Wealthy, controlling matriarch Francine Whiting lives in an incongruous Spanish-style mansion across the river from smalltown Empire Falls, dominated by a long-vacant textile mill and shirt factory, once the center of her husband's family's thriving manufacturing dominion.
Meeting Location & Time:
When: Sunday, July 31st
Where: Lisa's House
1918 Woodland Ave.
Santa Clara, CA 95050
280 South
Take Winchester exit
Left on to Moorpark off the exit.
Immediate left on to Winchester Ave.
Left on to Woodland Ave. (You'll pass by Santana Row
and Valley Fair Shopping Center and it's the first
left after Pruneridge Ave.)
Food:
Diner & BBQ Food
Meeting Summary:
We had a great turnout! It was a nice sunny, almost hot afternoon in the South Bay. Luckily the acacia tree created a cooling canopy over the dining table in the back. We enjoyed yummy BBQed chicken and beef, thanks to Jim (Lisa's husband). Members brought drinks, meatloaf, salads and other yummy stuff.
The discussion was lively and lenghy. Later in the afternoon we also flipped through the recording of the HBO movie.
We ended the afternoon by taking a tour of Genta & Tatsuya's new minivan - NICE!
