June 2011
Edition #6
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Like Father, Like Son?, by Roger T. Muir and Greg D. Boyd (June’s Book Choice)
We’ll be reading Like Father, Like Son?, by Roger T. Muir and Greg D. Boyd in honor of Fathers Day. We’ll be able to get the author to come in and talk about the book. The meeting will be on Tuesday, June 28th at 7:00pm at the Stockton Fire Station (207 N. Conner, Stockton, Utah). We would like to get as many people as we can involved. The majority of our club is Women and Mothers, we would like to get Fathers and Men involved in the discussion. We’ll be also joining another book club in Stockton, the South Rim Book Club.
Book chosen by Ronnalee Hesford.
About the Book:
Co-authored by Roger T. Muir and Greg D. Boyle, this quick read retales the true stories of two young boys who grew up in very different circumstances. One had a dad in the home, the other did not. Both find paths to success, but at what cost, and how can you ensure you're on the right track?Concerned with the staggering statistics that 85% of all imprisoned youth and 63% of all youth suicides come from children of fatherless homes, this book explores a very serious topic with the greatest of integrity and compassion, combining tough realities with a great blend of humor, hope and inspiration.
***Richard Paul Evans, NY Times #1 best selling author of The Christmas Box stated, “In their book, Like Father, Like Son?, Muir and Boyle examine the impact a good father can have on his son – and the damaging effects his absence can create. As you contemplate the stories and recommendations shared, I believe you will find a sense of healing and renewed potential."***
Book’s website - http://www.fixthefathers.com/
Future Reading (For July, August and September)
For the Summer Months we were thinking of having a small break and we’ll meet in September. So we will be off through July and August, through that time we have some book titles to read and we will talk about them in September. Just chose from one or all to read.
Book Titles are:
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell.
The story is set in Clayton County, Georgia and Atlanta during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and depicts the experiences of Scarlett O'Hara, the spoiled daughter of a well-to-do plantation owner who must use every means at her disposal to come out of the poverty that she finds herself in after Sherman's March to the Sea. The novel is the source of the extremely popular 1939 film of the same name.
***Just a thought, we were thinking of watching the movie while we read the book. We could read and watch it in parts. It won’t be a meeting, we’ll just get together to watch the movie.***
The Hunger Games bu Suzanne Collins
It is the first book of the Hunger Games trilogy. It introduces sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives in a post-apocalypticworld in the country of Panem where North America once stood. This is where a powerful government working in a central city called the Capitol holds power. In the book, the Hunger Games are an annual televised event where the Capitol chooses one boy and one girl from each district to fight to the death. The Hunger Games exist to demonstrate not even children are beyond the reach of the Capitol's power.
Eat Cake by Jeanne Ray
With her suddenly unemployed husband, her elderly mother, and a petulant teenage daughter sharing space under her roof, Ruth has enough stress already. Then she gets the phone call saying her father, a bar-hopping piano player, has broken both wrists and needs someone to take care of him. Since dear old Dad and Ruth’s mother are sworn enemies, it looks like stormy territory ahead.
Ruth reverts to her favorite stress-reduction technique, visualizing herself sitting in the warm, safe haven in the center of a bundt cake. She feels protected there, open to the universe but safe from it. Ruth’s husband Sam, a former hospital administrator, thinks he needs a career change and dreams of buying old sailboats, refurbishing them, and selling them for profit. Jarred by the risk-taking and potential for financial ruin, Ruth wonders if she could launch a mid-life career as a cake baker. She bakes all the time anyway, why not do it for profit?
The whole family gets into the act. Daughter Camille makes business cards that say “Eat Cake”, and thus a name is chosen. Ruth’s father contacts old cronies in fine restaurant service and offers them samples. Ruth’s mother sews elaborate presentation boxes for the cakes. Even Sam is enlisted into service on the production end. When Ruth loses the nerve to approach businesses to buy her cakes, Camille steps in, asking for double the price her mother had contemplated. Business takes off, and family happiness ensues.
Note: If you want a copy of the books that we are reading, please call Jamie at 435-840-8183. I’ll be happy to get you a copy and have it delivered to your home.
****Note: If you have another book title that you think the Book Club would like to read, please let us know.***
Recipes
Hobo Dinners
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 5 potatoes, peeled and cut into steak fries
- 4 large carrots, peeled and sliced lengthwise
- 1 onion, peeled and sliced into rings
- salt to taste
- ground black pepper to taste
- garlic salt to taste
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a 9x13 inch baking pan with aluminum foil.
- Shape the ground beef into patties and place in pan. Layer the vegetables on top of the beef patties, starting with the potatoes, then carrots and finally onion rings. Season with salt, pepper and garlic salt to taste.
- Cover with aluminum foil and seal edges. Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour, or to desired doneness.
**Optional - Put Alumium Foil Packet in a open fire.**
If you have an idea for a recipe that coordinates with the book, please let us know. stocktonbookclubut@yahoo.com.
Current Stockton Book Club Members
RonnaLee Hesford - Founder
Jamie West - Co-Founder
Nadine West
Kathleen Memmot
Lela Anderson
Mary Durtschi
Debbie Rusk
Suzanne Thompson
Jim Wilde
Donna Wilde
Don West Jr.
Josie West
Jill Bartholmew
Doralee Speakman
Joyce Grogan
Books We Have Read in the Past Months
2009 -
Sept. - To Kill a Mocking Bird by Lee Harper
Oct. - Peyton Place by Grace Metalicous
Nov. - Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Patterson
Dec. - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
2010-
Jan. The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffennegger
Feb. The Importance of Being Eanest by Oscar Wilde
Mar. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
Apr. The Kite Runner by Khaled Housseini
May. The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
Jun. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Jul. Agent Bishop by Mike Peters
Aug. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Sept. Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lighting Thief by Rick Riodan
Oct. The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Lerouix
Nov. The Wednesday Letters by Jason F. Wright
Dec. Collection of Christmas Stories by Various Authors
2011-
Jan. Fried Green Tomatoes of the Whistle Stop Café by Fannie Flagg.
Feb. Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Mar. Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Apr. Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
May. His Name is Guck by Clyde A. Landon
Jun. Like Father, Like Son? by Roger T. Muir and Greg D. Boyle.
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