Book Group
This informal group meets every two months to discuss a particular book. We try to choose a wide variety of books - contemporary and classics, fiction and non-fiction. We avoid heavy literary discussion, and our emphasis is usually on the issues raised by the books – such as the north/south divide in ‘Pies and Prejudice’, ethical dilemmas in ‘The Sunday Philosphy Club’, attitudes to life and death in ‘Ways to Live for Ever’. Below is a list of some of the books we have read recently. This is not a club, so if you would like to come along just read the book and turn up. Details of the current book and date of next meeting are given in Take 5. See Peta or Ann for more details.
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
The original Peter Pan by JM Barrie
Stolen Innocence by John Batt
The Other Side of the Dale by Gervase Phinn
A Christmas Story by Jostein Gaarder
The Outsider by Albert Camus
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Ways to Live for Ever by Sally Nicholl
A Step Beyond by Gram Seed
Bitter Lemons of Cyprus by Lawrence Durrell
Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
The Shack by WP Young
Pies and Prejudice by Stuart Maconie
The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Peter Pan (the play) by JM Barrie
The making of Mr. Hai's daughter by Jasmin Hai