Our next books are as follows
Mon 5th October - Jenny Erpenbeck - Go, Went, Gone
See below for more information on the upcoming titles.
Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucía by Chris Stewart : T
- Goodreads - Lush with olive, lemon, and almond groves, the farm lacks a few essentials—running water, electricity, an access road. And then there's the problem of rapacious Pedro Romero, the previous owner who refuses to leave. A perpetual optimist, whose skill as a sheepshearer provides an ideal entrée into his new community, Stewart also possesses an unflappable spirit that, we soon learn, nothing can diminish.
- Waterstones - At once a passionate contribution to the debate on race, privilege and nationality and a beautifully written examination of an ageing man's quest to find meaning in his life,
Previous Selections:
Go, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck, The Names by Florence Knapp, Blackberry Wine by Joanne Harris, Knife by Salman Rushdie, Portrait in Sepia by Isabel Allende, Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout, Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell; Restless by William Boyd; The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin; The Marriage Act by John Marrs; There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak; The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller; Blast from the Past by Ben Elton; The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne; Taft by Ann Patchett; The Sense of An Ending by Julian Barnes; American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins ....
(All selections taken from recommendations from members of the group, aiming to get titles that are readily available in paperback or on kindle. Most will be a few years old, so typically available from libraries or second hand from Bookcycle, World of Books or Charity Shops).