Date / Venue / Book choice for discussion
May 6 Maggie Niamh O’S
Jun 3 Catherine Maggie
July 1 Carol * Catherine *Switched to Bers
Aug 5 Claire * Carol *Switched to Niamh L
Sept 2 Michelle Claire
Oct 7 Carol Michelle
Nov 4 Claire Bernadette
Dec 2 Grace Niamh L
Jan 6 Nicola Grace
Feb 3 Niamh O’S Nicola
Richard Papen had never been to New England before his nineteenth year. Then he arrived at Hampeden College and quickly became seduced by the sweet, dark rhythms of campus life – in particular by an elite group of five students, Greek scholars, worldly, self-assured, and at first glance, highly unapproachable.
Yet as Richard was accepted and drawn into their inner circle, he learned a terrifying secret that bound them to one another…a secret about an incident in the woods in the dead of night where an ancient rite was brough to brutal life…and lead to a gruesome death.
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Annie lives in a dull town on England’s bleak east coast and is in a relationship with Duncan which mirrors the place; Tucker was once a brilliant songwriter and performer, who’s gone into seclusion in rural America – or at least that’s what his fans think. Duncan is obsessed with Tucker’s work, to the point of derangement, and when Annie dares to go public on her dislike of his latest album, there are quite unexpected, life-changing consequences for all three. Nick Hornby uses this intriguing canvas to explore why it is we so often let the early promise of relationships, ambition and indeed life evaporate. And he comes to some surprisingly optimistic conclusions.
