The adult monthly reading group is meeting on 3rd January to discuss "The man who ate the 747" by Ben Sherwood.“This is the story of the greatest love, ever. An outlandish claim,
outrageous perhaps, but trust me..." And so begins the bestselling novel hailed
as a new kind of American love story with a fresh voice and whimsical style that
critics called “masterful,” “mesmerizing,” “wonderfully inventive” and
“heartwarming.”J.J. Smith is Keeper of the Records for The Book of Records, an
ordinary man searching for the extraordinary. J.J. has clocked the world's
longest continuous kiss, 30 hours and 45 minutes. He has verified the lengthiest
single unbroken apple peel, 172 feet 4 inches. He has measured the farthest
flight of a champagne cork from an untreated, unheated bottle, 177 feet 9
inches. He has tasted the world's largest menu item, whole-roasted Bedouin
camel. But in all his adventures from Australia to Zanzibar, J.J. has never
witnessed great love until he comes upon a tiny windswept town in the heartland
of America, where folks still talk about family, faith, and crops. Here, where
he least expects it, J.J. discovers a world record attempt like no other: Piece
by piece, a farmer named Wally Chubb is eating a Boeing 747 to prove his love
for a woman.(Please visit Ben Sherwood's website for more information)
