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Book Group 3

Status:Active, open to new members
Leader:
Fran Tel: 0115 8789790
Group email: Book Group 3 group
When: On Thursday afternoons
Venue: ZOOM

The group has been going for over four years, that puts it before COVID.

We choose our books from the West Bridgford Library. They send us a list of about 300 books and everyone in the group chooses a title they fancy reading. We send the library a list of 30 books and then sort them out for reading throughout the year.

2023 has been an interesting year, very rarely is any book universally popular. But, that is what makes a book group so interesting, the discussion and delight in finding something you do enjoy. Or, the chance to talk about other things when the books fail to delight.And the year will end well with a Christmas Lunch as well as a chat over the latest book.

Books read in 2023

Things fall apart by Chinua Achebe is considered the father of African literature in English, the writer who opened the magic casements of African fiction for an international readership. Following the 50th anniversary of the publication of 'Things Fall Apart', Everyman has published the novel alongside 'No Longer at Ease' and 'Arrow of God'.

The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald Young, handsome and fabulously rich, Jay Gatsby is the bright star of the Jazz Age, but beneath the sparkling surface of his life, Gatsby is hiding a secret: a silent longing that can never be fulfilled. F. Scott Fitzgerald brilliantly captures both the fashionable society of the Jazz age and the disillusionment of post-war America.

The Camomile Lawn by Mary Wesley
'The Camomile Lawn' presents a vivid and lively picture of wartime London and Cornwall as seen through the eyes of five cousins

The Family Tree by Sairish Hussain
Amjad never imagined he'd be a single father. But, when tragedy strikes, he must step up for his two children - while his world falls apart. Saahil dreams of providing for his dad and little sister. But his life is about to take an unexpected turn. The baby of the family, Zahra, is shielded from the worst the world has to offer. But, as she grows up, she wonders if she can rely on anyone but herself. There's no such thing as an easy journey. But when life sends the family in different directions, will they take their own paths - or find their way back to each other?

The Confession by Jessie Burton
One winter's afternoon on Hampstead Heath in 1980, Elise Morceau meets Constance Holden and quickly falls under her spell. Connie is bold and alluring, a successful writer whose novel is being turned into a major Hollywood film. Elise follows Connie to LA, a city of strange dreams and swimming pools and late-night gatherings of glamorous people. But whilst Connie thrives on the heat and electricity of this new world where everyone is reaching for the stars and no one is telling the truth, Elise finds herself floundering. When she overhears a conversation at a party that turns everything on its head, Elise makes an impulsive decision that will change her life forever. Three decades later, Rose Simmons is seeking answers about her mother, who disappeared when she was a baby.

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