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August 2011 Book Club "The Paris Wife: A Novel" by Paula McLain

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Hi Everyone, During the last week of August, the Butler Women of Wisdom Book Club has been very active. First, on Tuesday, August 23; Becky, Cheryl, Ginnie, Lori, and I met at my house for a discussion of the novel The Paris Wife by Paula Mclain. Later, on the following Sunday, August 28, a few of us, Ginnie, Sharon, and I, along with Sharon’s daughter and daughter-in-law, met at the Regal Cinema to see the film version of one of our former book club selections, The Help .  The characters from the novel The Help were cast appropriately in the movie with very convincing actresses playing the key roles. Unlike many books made into film, the movie followed the original plot, I thought, fairly closely. I highly recommend that you make a movie date and check it out. It contains both scenes that will make you laugh and scenes that will make you cry. My favorite parts are those that depict the sisterhood between the black “help” and their fa...