Noelle read Night Letters, by Robert Dessaix. Every night for 20 nights in a hotel room in Venice, an Australian man recently diagnosed with an incurable disease writes a letter home to a friend. An interesting twist to this story is Noelle discovered that Robert Dessaix lived in Tasmania with his partner Peter Timms, so Noelle presumed the Night Letters were written to him. So, then Noelle found Peter Timms’ book about Hobart, In Search of Hobart, with the introduction by Robert Dessaix, a book with lots of historical information including future plans to establish Hobart as one of the major capital cities in Australia. Good detective work there, Noelle. The Sunken Road, by Garry Disher, was well written in the era of the Great Depression but left our reader feeling `depressed’. We need cheering up at the moment! Thanks, Noelle for your contribution.
Maxine read Apeirogon, by Irish author Colum McCann. This book came to notice in Jewish Book Week in a virtual author talk. It explores the conflict in the Middle East with two men who each lost a daughter, one a Palestinian the other an Israeli. This would be worth the read. Also enjoyed and very relevant at the moment, The Pull of the Stars, by Irish author Emma Donoghue. In an Ireland ravaged by war and disease, nurse Julia Power works in an understaffed hospital in the city where expectant mothers who have come down with an unfamiliar flu are quarantined together. Mmm!
I read The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri, a family’s escape from war torn Syria, very sad and gives an insight into the current situation in Afghanistan. So, for a bit of light relief, I have started some books by English author Mary Wesley. Quite entertaining, which is what I need at the moment.
Enjoy your reading and let me know if you are reading anything interesting.
Geraldine McCorkell