The Charbonneau Villager
Page 11
February 2014
Friday Night Bridge
Charbonneau Book Club
Our first book to discuss in
February was described by one
reviewer as “a Valentine gift for
the one you love.” Evan Connell wrote his first novel, Mrs.
Bridge, and then followed with
Mr. Bridge. Hollywood combined the two books into a movie,
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge, starring Paul
Newman and Joanne Woodward. A young woman marries
a young lawyer. Life in Kansas
City suburbia during the 60s for
this family is largely a matter
of appearances. Mr. Bridge is a
strait-laced workaholic; and Mrs.
Bridge raises their three boys and
attends the bridge club, social affairs, etc. Early in her marriage,
she becomes aware that love
isn’t exactly what she had imagined it to be. Mr. Bridge is unable to express his feelings and
Mrs. Bridge is a lonely, confused
housewife trapped in a life of leisure, cleanliness, politeness and
pleasantness. Communication is
missing, and their happiness is in
danger. This does not sound like
romance, but I have been assured
that this is a love story. The author, Evan Connell, never married, never had children and was
never rewarded financially for his
novels. He lived a quiet life doing odd jobs and died at 88 in a
nursing home. I am looking forward to our discussion on Tuesday, February 11.
Our next book for February 25
is the memoir My Beloved World,
by Sonia Sotomayor, our first
Hispanic Supreme Court justice.
In her book she describes her life
growing up in the Bronx projects
with the support of her paternal
grandmother. She is a determined
student, graduates with honors
from Yale, goes to law school and
becomes a federal judge at 40.
Along the way, she has a failed
marriage and is diagnosed with
diabetes. She is warm and honest and credits her valued mentors
and belief in herself for her success. This sounds like an inspirational and uplifting read.
Please join us on the second
and fourth Tuesday of each month
at 1:30 pm. Our group enjoys the
give and take of ideas while we
drink our coffee and tea and eat
cookies provided by SpringRidge.
Please check with the information
desk for our location as we don’t
always meet in the same room. If
you have any questions, feel free
to call or e-mail me at 503-6945651 or dotsmyname@comcast.
net.
By Ginny Tindall
and Latier Frazier
The Friday Night Bridge players met just once during the month
of December. We took a break at
the end of the month so that everyone could enjoy the holidays
with family and friends.
December 13 results: (1st) Erv
& Helen Cross, (2nd) Fred &
Jean Caterina, (3rd) Latimer
Frazier & Sylvia Scott and (4th)
Anna Hyndman & Dean Wells.
We resumed our regularly
scheduled games beginning January 10.
To sign up for Friday Night
Bridge, contact Latimer Frazier
at [email protected] or
by phone at 503-694-5294 in the
week before each game. If you
would like to play and don’t have
a partner, let us know. We will
try to put players together, if possible.
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