| 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) and in November we will discuss 'The Boy from the Sea ' by Garrett Carr.
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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Who's Afraid of Jane Austen by Henry Hitchens (2012)
This book is a non-fiction collection of short reviews and analyses of a variety of the great classics from Jane Austen to James Joyce, including the Koran and the Bible. Henry Hitchings (ex Eton) is a reviewer and critic of language and cultural history with a focus on literature, drama and theatre. The author's premise…
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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…