Last meeting of the year will be on
Thursday 17 December, in Reans at 4pm
to discuss Wendy’s choice, who will bring champagne (or some sort of bubbles!),
Pam is kindly making mince pies, Cathie and me some savouries for this Christmas meeting.
Any other offers of nibbles let me know.
December 17th at 16.00h
synopsis: 'sweeping novel about the loss of innocence of two extraordinary women-and of two countries torn apart by war.
On the eve of the United States's entrance into World War II in 1940, Iris James, the postmistress of Franklin, a small town on Cape Cod, does the unthinkable: She doesn't deliver a letter.
In London, American radio gal Frankie Bard is working with Edward R. Murrow, reporting on the Blitz. One night in a bomb shelter, she meets a doctor from Cape Cod with a letter in his pocket, a letter Frankie vows to deliver when she returns from Germany and France, where she is to record the stories of war refugees desperately trying to escape.
The residents of Franklin think the war can't touch them—but as Frankie's radio broadcasts air, some know that the war is indeed coming. And when Frankie arrives at their doorstep, the two stories collide in a way no one could have foreseen.
The Postmistress is an unforgettable tale of the secrets we must bear, or bury. It is about what happens to love during war-time, when those we cherish leave. And how every story—of love or war—is about looking left when we should have been looking right. (From the publisher.)'
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Ladies Lunch Club de l'Armagnac.
Also see bookclub page of this blog to see what we have been reading so far.
We enjoyed a good meeting November bookclub discussing 'On Writing' by Stephen King. A well written, punchy, honest, imaginative work which gave the budding writers amongst us some food for thought.
We will also be choosing the February book from Ann’s 3 suggestions.
The January book, suggested by Cathie,
was a book from our lucky dip in August:
West with the Night by Beryl Markham.
Thursday 21 January in Reans at 2.30.
See as many of you as possible in December to start our Christmas festivities!
Jackie
Also see bookclub page of this blog to see what we have been reading so far.
We enjoyed a good meeting November bookclub discussing 'On Writing' by Stephen King. A well written, punchy, honest, imaginative work which gave the budding writers amongst us some food for thought.
We will also be choosing the February book from Ann’s 3 suggestions.
The January book, suggested by Cathie,
was a book from our lucky dip in August:
West with the Night by Beryl Markham.
Thursday 21 January in Reans at 2.30.
See as many of you as possible in December to start our Christmas festivities!
Jackie
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