Book Discussions
Afternoons or evenings…the choice is yours!
Afternoon Book ClubEvening Book Club
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The Afternoon Book Discussion Group will meet at the library on Wednesday, November 7, at 2:00 p.m. to discuss Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively.
From Amazon: “Penelope Lively won Britain's prestigious Booker Prize for this deeply moving, elegantly structured novel. Elderly, uncompromising Claudia Hampton lies in a London hospital bed with memories of life fluttering through her fading consciousness. An author of popular history, Claudia proclaims she's carrying out her last project: a history of the world. This history turns out to be a mosaic of her life, her own story tangled with those of her brother, her lover and father of her daughter, and the center of her life, Tom, her one great love found and lost in war-torn Egypt. Always the independent woman, often with contentious relationships, Claudia's personal history is complex and fascinating. As people visit Claudia, they shake and twist the mosaic, changing speed, movement, and voice, to reveal themselves and Claudia's impact on their world.” Books we have read for our afternoon group:\ pinterest.com/chesleylibrary/afternoon-book-discussion/ 
The Evening Book Discussion Group will meet at the Blaisdell Memorial Library in Nottingham on Wednesday, November 28, at 7:00 p.m. to discuss Everyone Brave Is Forgiven by Chris Cleave.
From Amazon: “London, 1939. The day war is declared, Mary North leaves finishing school unfinished, goes straight to the War Office, and signs up. Tom Shaw decides to ignore the war—until he learns his roommate Alistair Heath has unexpectedly enlisted. Then the conflict can no longer be avoided. Young, bright, and brave, Mary is certain she’d be a marvelous spy. When she is—bewilderingly—made a teacher, she finds herself defying prejudice to protect the children her country would rather forget. Tom, meanwhile, finds that he will do anything for Mary. And when Mary and Alistair meet, it is love, as well as war, that will test them in ways they could not have imagined, entangling three lives in violence and passion, friendship and deception, inexorably shaping their hopes and dreams.” Books that we have read for our evening book group over the last 10 years are listed on Pinterest! pinterest.com/chesleylibrary/evening-book-discussion/ |