WEEKEND PLANS!

VASUDHA PANSARE has a few ideas on how you can spend your weekend! She hand picks a movie and book every Friday. Ones that she loves.

This week, she suggests…

The Magic of Belle Isle.
Delightful, charming, a film about hope, imagination and inspiration. Monte Wildhorn, a writer of Western novels,who has lost his wife and his will to live comes to a small town near Belle Isle. He is disabled, irritable and an alcoholic. His neighbor is a lovely single mother with three daughters, going through a divorce. In this quiet place, Monte Wildhorn finds peace and rejuvenation. Such a beautiful story and amazing performances by Morgan Freeman and the children. Definitely a feel good film, do watch it , absolutely heart warming. There is a delightful dog too in the film.

Marrying Off Mother and Other Stories, by Gerald Durrell

The book consists of eight stories. The first one is about Esmeralda, the magnificent pig who wears perfume and loves cheese. She is a very special pig because she is the champion truffle pig with the most sensitive nose. The story is a laugh riot. The second story describes Durrell’s American experience and his visit to Magnolia Dwite- Henderson’s house and his experience of Southern hospitality. The third story is a sad sweet story about a the retirement of a ship’s Captain who is a thorough gentleman adored by the ladies. The next one is Marrying Off Mother which will make you fall off your seat with laughter! The fifth one Ludwig focuses with much hilarity on the German sense of humor or lack of it. The next one is rather sombre, even gruesome about a professional hangman who has become an alcoholic. The seventh one is a delightful, miraculous story which narrates the wonderful tale of an ex- nun who gambles for a good cause and donates her winnings to an orphanage. The last one will have you holding your sides with laughter and it is about a vodka drinking parrot which abuses all and sundry with the choicest foul language. Finished the book but I am still laughing and giggling and chuckling ☺️. Do read the book

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