Genesis of the Doughnut Club

In L.M. Montgomery’s “The Genesis of the Doughnut Club”, Aunt Patty is a spinster who has relocated out west to keep house for her ne’er do well brother John. When John dies, Aunt Patty decides to move back east but first, to give a proper Thanksgiving meal—complete with a big plate of doughnuts—to the boys of the town who have come to love her cooking. When one of the local boys brings his railro...