Just a few Book Club related thoughts this fine Spring morning:

I heard David Sheff on NPR yesterday talking about his new book, Clean, which sounds like a well researched look at addiction in the US.
http://www.npr.org/2013/04/03/175939127/a-father-tells-the-story-of-his-sons-struggle-to-stay-clean
 When we read Beautiful Boy, Sheff's 'voice' was not the compelling part of the story for me.  In the radio interview, I really enjoyed listening to him and found the research and information he presented fascinating.  When I have more than 2 minutes to talk to Kevin-maybe when we are empty nesters- I plan to discuss it with him and compare it to what he works with in the Church's ARP program here in the valley. 

And...I am about 1/3 of the way through Clara's selection for this month, In My Mother's House- I think we will have PLENTY to discuss about family dynamics, history, oppression of the working class, etc, etc.  I found an interesting Utah/ musical reference about a man named Joe Hill mentioned in the book:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Hill

Highlights include:

Hill was memorialized in a tribute poem written about him c. 1930 by Alfred Hayes titled "I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night", sometimes referred to simply as "Joe Hill".^[25


Chumbawamba's song about Joe Hill, "By and By", appears on the 2005 album A Singsong and a Scrap. It incorporates the first stanza of Alfred Hayes' poem. 

Wallace Stegner published a fictional biography called Joe Hill in 1950


Lastly, ripped from the headlines:

http://money.cnn.com/2013/04/04/news/companies/fast-food-new-york-strike/index.html?source=cnn_bin


Looking forward, as always to be with you all in a few weeks!