Beneath a Marble Sky

Our June Book:

Beneath a Marble Sky

By John Shors

This month we ate at California Pizza Kitchen to discuss John Shors' Beneath a Marble Sky.  There were some mixed emotions about the book but I think most of us liked it.  We thought it was interesting to read about the history of the Taj Mahal...but weren't sure how much was true or what happened after the story ended.  (I'll have to go do some research.)  We're pretty sure though the royal family were based mostly on real characters.  We seemed to like how smart/witty the main character was at times.  We discussed the fact that the author was a man writing in the perspective of a woman.  It didn't seem that noticeable, at least not to me anyway.  Silvia noted that fact that we have read a few books that all have people who are in polygamist marriages and that that was interesting how it crosses cultures but yet is so harshly regarded in our society.  Here we are, our little group this month: