Welcome Silence By Dr. Carol North

hmm um well arr sorry for the lateness of my entry must have something to do with my aversion to anything that feels vaguely like homework.
Anyway back to book club although I'm still deciding if it is book club that we are really attending or is it just a clever disguise to enjoy coffee and cake and more than a little gossip thank you Elise for your contrabution on the England front wondering how it all went wink wink nudge nudge.
The night started like all other nights with discussion about everything other than the book somehow we found ourselves talking about Joe blog and Farmer Joe who according to the Dewhurst family my sister Elizabeth for a long time thought were real people. Lizzy was not on her own though because apparently for many years Tahnee thought the family friend Jack (making up a name here cause i cant't remember his actual name) had a partner Sarah but alas he was all alone and the confusion was caused by his last name something like Ensirra (and Sarah). For those who could not make it on the night im sorry if none of this makes sense.
Back to the book Welcome Silence, i picked this book because i had read it many years ago and remember at the time that it left an impression on me so thought it might be a good choice for book club. When i re read it again as all good hosts should isn't that right Colleen, i came away feeling a little dissappointed, to me it felt like a case study void of emotion and although a nice easy read i was worried it would not be well recieved by the group. Thats what happens i guess when you read with a critical eye rather than just for the joy of it. So i must admit i was pleasently surprised when on the whole it was enjoyed by you guys. This is the point where i should be sharing everyones scores butI have a BIG apology to make somehow i managed to lose the important bit of paper all the scores and comments were written on. From memory the scores averaged around the 7's and 8's with a score of 9 and a bit from Lesley who apparently shared the book with a friend that has a child who suffers with schziophrenia and found it inspirational. There to was some discussion on the style of writing which as already mentioned i found a little clinical and thought it may be a result of the author being a doctor however Elise had an interesting spin on things wondering whether the lack of emotion represented Carol's experience of how she saw things at the time and was done with purpose.
Again im sorry for my tardiness and for losing the scores hopefully the next host Cara has better luck looking forward to seeing you all again at the special time april the 6th moved forward because of the easter break, hopefully Lesley still have some icecreams left over in the freezer.