In complete contrast to Esprit d'Corps our March book was Toast - the story of a boy's hunger by Nigel Slater.
Incredibly well written, deceptively simple, with brief descriptions conjuring up whole personalities the book is written from a child's point of view. The black and white frankness of his opinions and feelings was sometimes startling. His relationship with his parents, Josh and Joan came across with vivid realism. Chapters after the death of his mother had particular poignancy especially The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe chapter where as an act of remembrance Nigel puts on his mother's clothes.
I really enjoyed this book and am spurred on to read more by him. The evening ended with lemon meringue pie (pg 154) and talk of childhood food experiences.
Saturday 20 March 2010
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