Two Books by Lorna Landvik

During the icy weather, when I couldn't go anywhere, I read 2 books by Lorna Landvik.  The first one is Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons.  It is set in Minnesota, and is about a group of women on a street who form a book club that continues from the late 60's to the nineties.  The title is also the name of the club; although it  is about the books they read, it is also about the support they receive from the group, when they have problems or tradegies.  The ladies of the club are always there for one another and you get a tour of popular literature during the period of 1960-1990's.  Some of the books they read were surprising.

The second book I read was Welcome to the Great Mysterious.  It is also set in Minnesota and is about Geneva Jordan, a hometown girl who made it big on Broadway.  When Geneva returns to take care of her twin sister's Down Syndrome son, Rich, she learns a lot about herself.  She meets the neighborhood mailman (a romantic interest) and lots of nice folks who show her she is not the spolied diva she thinks she is.  After she returns to Broadway, things are never quite the same.  She ends up back in Minnesota for a funeral and ends of marrying the mailman, who turns out is also a concert pianist.

I enjoyed both books a lot.