riot act this last Thursday night

There were 3 of us at the book club meeting last night. We had a very good discussion about the book, Touch the Top of the World by Erik Weihenmayer. Erik was just a baby when his father noticed that his eyes could not follow a football being tossed back and forth in front of him. That was the start of 2 years of tests and doctor visits. At the Boston Eye Clinic when he was 3 years old, the doctors said that he would lose his vision in his early teenage years and that he had retinoschisis, an extremely rare eye disease. It was interesting for us to compare the support that Erik got from his parents with some of the other books that we have recently read for book club. I won't give the rest of the book away except to say that Erik became the first blind man to climb the Seven Summits, which means that he has climbed the highest mountains in all 7 continents. He is a tremendous athlete and you can read about his further adventures at his website, http://www.touchthetop.com/eriks-adventures. Erik also is very active in helping others with disabillites, http://www.touchthetop.com/outreach
The really interesting thing about book clubs is that by talking about books, we start to learn more about each other. If you would like to meet new people and talk about books, let us know. The book club is open to any adult who would like to attend.
We will not meet in December. Our next meeting will be in January. We have not picked the January book yet. I will post the next book on Facebook when we decide.