Present at are hopefully last Zoom meeting were Beth, Betty, Carla, Colette, Jane, Janet, Linda, Marg, Michèle and Shirley. The book to discuss was Shirley's choice The Lightkeepter's Daughters by Canadian author Jean Pendziwol. We were fortunate to be able to welcome Ms. Pendziwol who joined our Zoom meeting.
Ms Pendziwol is a Canadian author who lives in Thunder Bay on the shores of Lake Superior. This book is her first adult novel and she is a well loved children's book author. On her website you will find information about all her books, a blog that is interesting to read and recipes. She also has on the side bar a poem written in honour of International Women's Day. It is worth listening to the poem.
The story of this novel is narrated by two characters, Elizabeth who once lived on Porphyry Island and now lives in a retirement home and Morgan a young woman who is completing community work at the retirement home. When Elizabeth receives her father's journals that he kept as a lightkeeper, she enlists Morgan's help to read them to her. As Morgan reads the journals we are taken back to the Island and the life of the two sisters. Morgan is fascinated by the story in the Journals and it becomes evident that there is a connection between Elizabeth and Morgan.
Ms Pendziwol had a slide presentation for us that showed us the location in Lake Superior, of Porphyry Island and several photos of the structures on the Island and the flora and fauna. It helped us visualize aspects of the novel.
We very much enjoyed Ms. Pendziwol's participation and appreciated her input in our meeting. Thank you very much!
