We had a lively, thought-provoking discussion about this book, concerning  women and men, their roles and relationships, misogyny and patriarchy. The author, Anna Funder, incorporated her personal, contemporary 'Wifedom', a welcome panacea for some of us following the brutality and insensitivity of George Orwell's (nee Eric Arthur Blair) cruel, selfish and neglectful treatment of Eileen…

We thoroughly enjoyed reading this extraordinary autobiographical account of Saroo's journey. From getting lost at age 5, as a vulnerable, little, uneducated boy, in a train station near his home in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh; travelling across the vast continent of India, by mistake, and ending up in Calcutta 1,500 kilometers due east; getting rescued from…

The central character in this novel is Otto Laird, a Jewish refugee of Austrian heritage. He is old, in his twilight years, living in Switzerland with his second, younger wife, but he is in decline, reflecting on his past life as he communes with nature and writes endless letters to old friends and acquaintances that…