Addled Canadian geese have made a home on the lush green grounds of the Eden Rock Country Club of the Boston area and they are creating problems for Gerard Wilton, the manager of the club and the members of the exclusive club. That is the basic problem that Hart sets up in the book, but from that start she takes the reader on a fun, page-turning journey of the members’ lives as they deal with the geese and a myriad of other problems in their lives. Charles Lambert is the first one to develop serious problems with the geese. While golfing with his buddies, he accidentally hits and kills a goose with his 3 iron shot. This turns out to be a life-changing event for Charles and as he tries to deal with his distress over the dead goose, he becomes estranged from his wife and friends. His wife is dealing with her own traumas when she is neglected by Charles. She is also one of the keepers of the club’s secrets and she begins to question the rightness of that task. And to add further to the mix, their daughter Phoebe returns home to try to convert the club and its restaurant to a vegan menu and to save the geese. The manager Gerard has his own set of problems as he tries to deal with the demands of managing a very upscale country club with a very demanding set of members. His chef Vita is also awash in problems as she tries to create culinary masterpieces while her love life keeps falling apart. The reader will probably be drooling over some of her creations and wondering where to get the recipes. The head groundskeeper Barry adopts one of the offending geese as a pet which puts him at odds with Gerard. All in all, the book is a fun read as Hart pokes fun at the club and its membership. I would recommend the book to anyone who is looking for a fun read that pokes gentle fun at the rich as they pursue their life and loves at the country club. I thoroughly enjoyed “Addled” and I was interested to see how the author resolved the character’s problems. And at the end of the book, Hart resolves all the problems in a very pleasing way for everyone concerned – well, almost everyone! |
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