November Read, Christmas Cheer and an Afternoon of Delight !

Hi All

Mainly for Ruthie who wasn’t with us on Sunday, and for those of you who follow and read vicariously.  Next month’s book is, The Visionist by Rachel Urquhart.  The GoodReads book summary i have sheepishly copied and pasted below, yet i openly declare this as i wish to take no credit for this summary.


"15-year-old Polly Kimball sets fire to the family farm, killing her abusive father. She and her young brother find shelter in a Massachusetts Shaker community called The City of Hope. It is the Era of Manifestations, when young girls in Shaker enclaves all across the Northeast are experiencing extraordinary mystical visions, earning them the honorific of "Visionist" and bringing renown to their settlements.  The City of Hope has not yet been blessed with a Visionist, but that changes when Polly arrives and is unexpectedly exalted. As she struggles to keep her dark secrets concealed in the face of increasing scrutiny, Polly finds herself in a life-changing friendship with a young Shaker sister named Charity, a girl who will stake everything--including her faith--on Polly's honesty and purity.”   (Ref: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17841897-the-visionist )

And to top it off - we committed to read a short story about Xmas

This has got to be a great read for us all, harkening back to childhood times.

 (thanks Jen for the suggestion).

So our second book is, “How the Grinch Who Stole Xmas” by Dr Seuss.