The next book club will be held on January 18th at my house:Natalie von Hoffmeister
No. 9, 3rd Seaward Rd.
K.G. Valmiki Apts.
Apt. 4
Thiruvanmiyur
Social Chat 12 PM
Book discussion 12:30 followed by what I hope will be a palatable lunch...
I am just opp. the Cheshire Home, one of the OWC charities. Please call me if you get lost and SMS me to RSVP 9884187761.
The book is 'The Night Watch' by Sarah Waters. Here's what the Sarah Waters website has to say about it:
"Moving back through the 1940s, through air raids, blacked out streets, illicit liaisons, sexual adventure, to end with its beginning in 1941, The Night Watch is the work of a truly brilliant and compelling storyteller.
This is the story of four Londoners - three women and a young man with a past, drawn with absolute truth and intimacy. Kay, who drove an ambulance during the war and lived life at full throttle, now dresses in mannish clothes and wanders the streets with a restless hunger, searching ... Helen, clever, sweet, much-loved, harbours a painful secret ...Viv, glamour girl, is stubbornly, even foolishly loyal, to her soldier lover ... Duncan, an apparent innocent, has had his own demons to fight during the war. Their lives, and their secrets connect in sometimes startling ways. War leads to strange alliances ..."
This is the story of four Londoners - three women and a young man with a past, drawn with absolute truth and intimacy. Kay, who drove an ambulance during the war and lived life at full throttle, now dresses in mannish clothes and wanders the streets with a restless hunger, searching ... Helen, clever, sweet, much-loved, harbours a painful secret ...Viv, glamour girl, is stubbornly, even foolishly loyal, to her soldier lover ... Duncan, an apparent innocent, has had his own demons to fight during the war. Their lives, and their secrets connect in sometimes startling ways. War leads to strange alliances ..."
New members are always welcome!
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