Shoe Book!

Looking for something to read?  There’s a new book out about shoes that you might find interesting!  It’s called Women from the Ankle Down: The Story of Shoes and How They Define Us.  It’s a nice, quick read that takes a look at the twentieth (and early twenty-first) century through the lens of women’s shoes!

So grab your book-loving, shoe-loving friends and have a book club, maybe!  Some questions you might want to ponder:

1. What do shoes mean to you?  Are they just something you wear so your feet don’t get wet, or are they more?  Why do you think as you do?
2. What is your earliest shoe memory?  Why do you think it has stuck with you?
3. Did any of the pop culture shoes mentioned especially resonate with you?  (The ruby slippers, Carrie Bradshaw’s Manolos, Nancy Sinatra’s boots that were made for walking...)
4. Did you ever have a pair of shoes that you felt identified you?  Did you every buy a pair of shoes to fit in?
5. What was your favorite story in the book?  Why?
6.  Did anything in the book surprise you?
7. Everyone has a favorite story about shoes: an unbelievable deal, finding the perfect pair, the moment they fell in love with shoes.  What’s yours?
8. What has been your favorite pair of shoes?  Why?
9. What would be your ideal shoe? 

And a bonus shoe for today.  Which to pick, out of all the stories in the book?  A brand I haven’t yet featured on this blog: Vans!

The Checkerboard Slip On is the classic: a black and white checkerboard canvas upper, vulcanized waffle rubber sole (just like they mention in the book!), and comes in nine other color options if you’re looking for something a little different.  Yours for $47 at Vans.

So happy reading, happy shoes, and be sure to tune in Friday for another take on shoes and books!