On that note, I’ve provided book club questions and a delicious recipe for News of the World below for your meeting! News of the World Book Club Questions and Recipe Here’s a brief summary of News of the World:Ĭaptain Jefferson Kyle Kidd has endured three American wars in his seventy years. News of the World is a short read and a great book club pick! If your book club hasn’t read it, consider adding it to your list. In addition, Jiles’ background in poetry definitely comes into play in beautiful phrasing throughout the novel. And, I thoroughly enjoyed the dynamic between the elderly Kidd and the young Johanna, which was a unique pairing. Jiles does a wonderful job integrating historical details of the time period seamlessly. The relationship between Captain Kidd and Johanna as he takes her, almost against her will, back to her home in South Texas, grows from a business transaction to a deep friendship as the book progresses. It was fun reading about both large and small Texas towns I know, because, if you don’t know, this book follows an elderly man as he braves the open roads through Texas to return a Kiowa captive to her family. Since I live in Texas, I really enjoyed reading the book and visualizing what the landscape and towns would have looked like during that time. News of the World, like several of Jiles’ books, is set in historic Texas just after the Civil War. You can see her complete list of books here including her latest release, Simon the Fiddler, which I believe you would love if you’ve already read News of the World and are looking for something similar. Paulette Jiles is definitely a literary author in my mind, but she is a prolific one, which is somewhat rare. I love literary fiction and read only books categorized as such for many, many years, but I truly appreciate a smart read that straddles the line between genre and literary and tend to feature those more on this site (think Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine or The Great Alone). Sometimes that is not always true of literary novels, which tend to focus on character development over plot. This novel is one of the more literary novels featured on Book Club Bites to date, but like the others ( The Goldfinch, Peace Like a River, etc), News of the World has both strong characters and strong plot. It’s also slated to become a movie later this year starring Tom Hanks (who doesn’t love Tom Hanks?). News of the World was a finalist for the National Book Award. Maybe before now you had not heard of News of the World or its author, Paulette Jiles. *If you are new here, WELCOME! For News of the World, I provide your book club with a brief summary, a recipe, and discussion questions in that order! News of the World Book Club Questions and Recipe News of the World Book Club Questions and Recipe News of the World Book Club Questions and Recipe Homemade Divinity
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