Next BBGG Norman Maclean - Wednesday, January 25th

It's a busy time of year both in and out of the store, so this is coming out a bit late, but I wanted to thank everyone who made the effort on a cold/rainy night for our discussion of A Tale for the Time Being.  I have to admit, I was little nervous about the reception for the book before the meeting, but I think it may have been the most overwhelming supported books of any we've read.  (Of course, Parker will be the ultimate judge.)  I was most pleased with the number who said they would never have picked the book up on their own but are now recommending it to others.

I wanted to provide links to a couple of items we talked about over the course of the meeting.  Charlie Cassidy sent this article on the Hikikomori, the approximately half a million people in Japan who have dropped out of either school or work due to bullying or severe parental pressure.  And, once again, here is the link to the This American Life episode featuring the disconnected phone box where surviving relatives and friends have conversations with victims of the tsunami.



I'm very excited about our next book, Young Men and Fire, by Norman Maclean, author of A River Runs Through It.  This non-fiction account of the Mann Gulch fire in 1949, in which an elite team of smoker jumpers parachuted into a wild fire is part detective story, part western, part tragedy.  All of it is told in Maclean's distinctive, concise prose.  Hope you can make it!



I'm in the store every Sunday and on Wednesday December 21st.  Stop in if you can.  Otherwise, I hope you all have a wonderful Holiday Season!