Join the IHSI book club group on May 15th at Meridian Hills Country Club located at 7099 Spring Mill Rd., Indianapolis, Indiana 46260 for lunch on your own and a discussion of this month’s selection.

Event: IHSI Book Club Luncheon and Discussion

Host: Ray Brown & Marilyn Rowlett

Date & Time: May 15th 12:00-2:30 EDT

Location: Meridian Hills Country Club located at 7099 Spring Mill Rd., Indianapolis, Indiana 46260

RSVP to Marilyn Rowlett at [email protected] by Tuesday May 14th.

Book Club Selection: The Watch by Carlo Levi

Synopsis:

The year is 1948, the main character works for a newspaper in Rome, his friends and family and partisan comrades are all trying to get by and make do.

The watch of the title was given to the hero by his father; it’s broken, he thinks of fixing it, then wonders if it would be cheaper to buy a new, modern watch. Around him people are forever talking, looking for jobs, wasting time in cafes, grumbling about big business, the church, conservative politicians.

The hero is summoned to Naples to visit the sickbed of a favorite uncle. The trip south is dangerous and difficult, along ruined roads through country infested by bandits. The passengers are crowded, they complain and tell stories, all have suffered, none has given up hope.