| Status: | Active, open to new members |
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| When: | Monthly on Thursday afternoons 2:30 pm Third Thursday monthly |
| Venue: | Member's Home |
| Cost: | Free |
Fact or fiction books are chosen with a view to a lively debate.
In October we will be reading 'Circe' by Madeline Miller (2018).
Please contact Anne-Louise for more information.
See below books that we have previously read. Thanks to Anne-Louise, Penny & Jane for their reviews.
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On Chapel Sands by Laura Cumming
Most of us enjoyed this biography about Laura Cumming's mother Elizabeth (aka Grace then Betty) Cumming, nee Elston. As the author unravels the story of her mother's life, through investigation and research, she narrates the tale a bit like a detective novel, piecing it together like a puzzle. She uses her skills and expertise, as…
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Salmon Fishing in The Yemen by Paul Torday (2007)
This was Paul Torday's first novel, published when he was 59. He was in business at the time but an avid fly fisherman with a personal interest in the middle east. It was written at the height of Tony Blair's time in office, when spin management was at the fore. The novel is a political…