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Reading Group 3

Status:Active, open to new members
Convenor:
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.

  • 'All the Beauty in the World' by Patrick Bringley (2023)

    We unanimously agreed that this autobiographical memoir, that takes place in the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, was an excellent read and very much enjoyed by us all. The young author's journey, as he comes to terms with his bereavement over a period of ten years, is narrated with honesty, sincerity and gentle enthusiasm for…

  • 'The Land in Winter' by Andrew Miller (2024)

    This novel was set in the West Country, during the big winter freeze of 1962/63. The main protagonists being two, young, but 'unhappy' married couples, from different backgrounds and social classes. They come together, clashing and colliding, revealing their flawed characters and intimate dramas, as they try to navigate their new lives in rural England…

  • Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton (2024)

    Everyone absolutely loved this book and found it uplifting.. This little wild animal put so much faith in the human who raised her.  The writing was beautifully crafted, capturing the beauty of the relationship between Chloe and the hare through the different seasons without one jot of sentimentality.  Many of us feared the end but…