CLASSIC BOOK CLUB: The Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck
Wednesday 11th October 2023 – 7:15 for :7:30pm
‘To the red country and part of the grey country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth. ‘Drought and economic depression are driving thousands from Oklahoma. As their land becomes just another strip in the dust bowl, the Joads, a family of sharecroppers, decide they have no choice but to follow.
They head west, towards California, where they hope to find work and a future for their family. But while the journey to this promised land will take its inevitable toll, there remains uncertainty about what awaits their arrival . .
The discussion will be led by Elizabeth Griffiths
BOOK CLUB: The Perfect Golden Circle – Benjamin Myers
Wednesday 1st November 2023 – 7:15 for :7:30pm
England, 1989. Over the course of a burning hot summer, two very different men – traumatized Falklands veteran Calvert, and affable, chaotic Redbone – set out nightly in a clapped-out camper van to undertake an extraordinary project.
Under cover of darkness, the two men traverse the fields of rural England in secret, forming crop circles in elaborate and mysterious patterns. As the summer wears on, and their designs grow ever more ambitious, the two men find that their work has become a cult international sensation – and that an unlikely and beautiful friendship has taken root as the wheat ripens from green to gold.
The discussion will be led by Sally Jay
Everyone is welcome – either let us know beforehand or just turn up on the night. If you would like to be added to the emailing list just go to our contacts page and put your details in with ‘Book Club’ in the Subject line. Our book club meetings cost £5 which includes a glass of wine.