| 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 June, we read "The Women" by Kristin Hannah (2024).
Our July book is 'Penelope Unbound' by Mary Morrissy (2023).
Our August book is 'The Bird Skinner' by Alice Greenway (2014).
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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American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld (2008)
We had a lively discussion about this novel, written during the George W Bush presidency and based obliquely on his wife Laura Bush. We had mixed views on how this blend of combining fact with fiction worked, as the book was neither one or the other. This can give rise to very real confusion in this…
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Maps for Lost Lovers by Nadeem Aslem (2004)
We were all very glad to have read this book even though it was a difficult and in parts uncomfortable experience due to both content and style. Maps for Lost Lovers is an extraordinary novel, based upon the author's life experiences as a Pakistani refugee, fleeing General Zia's radical regime in 1980 to settle in…
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards (2005)
I think we all agreed that this was a book none of us would have chosen, unless prompted, but as it turned out we all found it an interesting and enjoyable read, one which provoked a lively discussion regarding special needs and disability, the dilemmas faced by the parents and carers of babies born with…