Dienstag, den 05. September 2023:

Reading Circle — Summer Programme

During the summer months we have a break from our Reading Circle and so, for the three summer months we will be looking back at some of the books we have read in the last year. Today we are going to revisit three books which we read at the beginning of 2023. If you haven’t already done so, we hope that we will inspire you to read one or more of them.

Lessons by Ian McEwen, published in 2022.
Drawing on aspects of the novelist’s own life, this novel tells the story of Roland Baines’ difficult journey through life and his search for happiness, against the backdrop of the dramatic events of the second half of the 20th century and the first decades of the new Millennium.

Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep, published in 2019.
The story of Harper Lee, the famous American writer of To Kill a Mockingbird, and the sensational murder and fraud story she later researched but was ultimately unable to bring to publication. A fascinating portrait of a tortured writer who finds it hard to deal with the fame that writing brings her.

Love Marriage by Monica Ali, published in 2022.
A family saga set in contemporary London, featuring all the components of modern identity: race, class, gender, faith, sexuality, and full of surprising reversals.

Music Played
• The Well-Tempered Klavier Book 1: 1st Prelude
• Stand by Your Man by Tammy Wynette
• Family by Dolly Parton