Our reading group meets in a cosy corner of our Library from 10 a.m. on the 1st Tuesday of the month. If you are looking for a good reading group to join, why don't you "check us out!" You would be made most welcome.
Helen Squire
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Our last book was a very extensive biography of an English Spy - Daphne Park - for some of us it was fascinating, for others it was far too wordy!! However for those of us who could meet for the discussion of Park's life and work it was made all the more interesting because we had lived through the news reports of the political troubles of the Congo in the early 1960's and the Vietnam War - the times when this spy had been part of the English team that manipulated the outcomes of the times. Quite frightening!
Our reading group meets in a cosy corner of our Library from 10 a.m. on the 1st Tuesday of the month. If you are looking for a good reading group to join, why don't you "check us out!" You would be made most welcome. Helen Squire Our latest novel, The Gulf, by Anna Spargo-Ryan, is an all too common story of domestic violence and child neglect, but in the hands of this author, is fresh, poignant, and entirely convincing.
The most compelling character, is undoubtedly, six year old Ben, a walking encyclopaedia, appreciated by few except his adored sixteen year old sister Skye who understands only too well how vulnerable he is. Both are exposed to the continuing neglect of their flighty mother Linda, and the random brutality of her latest boyfriend, a thug and a petty crook. They have little choice but to escape from this toxic environment, but their flight doesn't end quite as they imagined, and indeed, their future may be as uncertain as their past. Spargo-Ryan writes beautifully, with a natural ear for dialogue, essential to the atmosphere of realism she wants to create. Helen Scheller |
About 'Page Turners'The Page Turners group reads a selection of contemporary novels, some crime fiction and a few books based on actual events. Convenor and contact detailsMeg Dillon
5762 6558 Meeting times1st Tuesday
10 am to 12 noon Dillon's Home* *Please note - Page Turners is limited to 10 - 12 members due to constraints on where we meet.
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