Find discussion questions for I GAVE MY HEART TO KNOW THIS here.
Find discussion questions for KEEPING THE HOUSE here.

Phone chat with Novel Ideas Book Club, Worcester, Mass., January 2012

Phone chat with Briarwood Book Club, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, November 2011

With the Voracious Varlets, Superior, Wisconsin, August 2011

With "Book Therapy," Saginaw, Minnesota, August 2008.

Top of the Thumb book club, Ellison Bay, Wisconsin, September 2009

With Books & More, Chanhassen, Minnesota, May 2010. (Read all about this meeting.)

With The Next Chapter, Oakdale, Minnesota, May 2010.
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A suggested treat for your Keeping the House meeting (Dolly's recipe):
LACY RAISIN WAFERS
¾ cup sifted all-purpose flour
½ teasp. baking soda
½ teasp. salt
¼ teasp. nutmeg
¾ cup light or dark raisins
½ cup salad oil
¼ cup water
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1 teasp. vanilla extract
1 ½ cups uncooked rolled oats
½ cup chopped nuts
Sift flour, soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg. Rinse and drain raisins; mix with salad oil, water; mix in sugar, vanilla, oats, nuts, then flour mixture. Refrigerate 1 hr. Start heating oven to 350 degrees F. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls, about 2” apart, onto greased cookie sheet. Bake 10 to 12 min., or till crisp around edges. Makes 3 ½ doz.
From the Good Housekeeping Cook Book, 1949
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