24 THE CHARBONNEAU VILLAGER
Charbonneau
Book Club
By DOROTHY HOCHHALTER
New year means
new books
Happy New Year to all.
We start the new year by
reading two books that go
Solo Sisters
By CANDY FERGUSON
New beginnings
in 2020
For most of us, starting
over can be a daunting en-
deavor. I left San Diego in
January 2020
back in
time.
Ste-
phen
King
treats us
to a mem-
orable
HOCHHALTER trip with
time trav-
eler, Jake Epping on his mis-
sion to stop the assassination
of John F. Kennedy. Jake dis-
covers that any change he makes leads to unwanted re-
sults. King is a great story tell-
er and in his novel “11/22/63”
he mixes fact and fiction. The
novel is over 800 pages long
but there is so much happen-
ing and King’s mastery at
keeping you on the edge of
your seat makes it worth-
while. I thoroughly enjoyed
my trip back to the 1950s and
‘60s. Feel free to join us at our
discussion on Jan. 14.
Our next book is also a mixture of fact and fiction.
Homer Hickman tells a
touching story about his
family and their pet alligator
in his novel “Carrying Al-
bert Home.” The trip from
West Virginia to Florida is
filled with distractions along
the way that may or may not
be true. Imagine a touring
car with an alligator in a
wash tub in the back seat
with a rooster on the drivers
shoulder. This was an enter- taining and funny read that
takes place in the 1920s and
‘30s. My book even has pic-
tures of his family. We wel-
come you to our meeting
Jan. 28 when I am sure we
will have an animated dis-
cussion. We meet at the
Charbonneau Country Club
on the second and fourth
Tuesday of each month from
1-2:30 p.m. Hope to see you
there. Questions? dotsmy-
[email protected].
the summer of 2016 and
moved to Wilsonville hav-
ing retired and wanting to
downsize. I knew just four
people here, my daughter
and her family. Now, three-
and-a-half years later, I
have many wonderful new
friends and am involved in
a number of activities rang-
ing from Boys & Girls Aid to
the Tualatin Food Pantry to Tualatin Presbyterian
Church to Solo Sisters and
on and on. My friendships
with other single women,
began with Charbonneau
Singles, which has evolved
into Solo Sisters. I met
Cricket who loves to laugh
and play bridge; Karen, a
golfer (I’m not) who loves
the theater like I do; Lissa, a
fellow traveler and foodie who introduces our mem-
bers to Portland restau-
rants on her wonderful
“Lunch Safaris”; and my
dear friend Deanna, with
whom I share the responsi-
bility of running Solo Sis-
ters with and who is always
quick to laugh and have fun.
We are a warm, caring, fun
community of women,
mostly widows (I am a di- vorcee) and we are always
looking for new members.
So this year, make a New
Year’s resolution to check out
Solo Sisters and see if it is a
fit for you. Please contact our
membership chairman, Dean-
na Morgan, by sending her an
email at deannamorgan@
gmail.com. We look forward
to welcoming you with open
arms!
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