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August’s Novel Kicks Book Club: Whistle in the Dark by Emma Healey
Viking, May 2018
Welcome to August everyone.
For this month’s book club, I chose something that has definitely been on my TBR pile for weeks and that is Whistle in the Dark by Emma Healey.
As usual, our book club is open to anyone who fancies talking about it. I’ve posted a question to kick things off.
About Whistle in the Dark:
Jen’s fifteen-year-old daughter goes missing for four agonizing days.
When Lana is found, unharmed, in the middle of the desolate countryside, everyone thinks the worst is over.
But Lana refuses to tell anyone what happened, and the police think the case is closed.
The once-happy, loving family returns to London, where things start to fall apart.
Lana begins acting strangely: refusing to go to school, and sleeping with the light on.
With her daughter increasingly becoming a stranger, Jen is sure the answer lies in those four missing days. But will Lana ever reveal what happened?
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July’s Novel Kicks Book Club: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
It’s July and summer is officially here.
I am loving this beautiful weather and the many chances to read in the sunshine.
This month, I’ve picked a book I’ve heard great things about and have been wanted to read for a while.
I’ve picked Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman.
As usual, I’ve added a question below to kick off the discussion. Anyone is welcome to join in and it can be from the comfort of your sofa, armchair, bed.
About the book:
Eleanor Oliphant leads a simple life. She wears the same clothes to work every day, eats the same meal deal for lunch every day and buys the same two bottles of vodka to drink every weekend.
Eleanor Oliphant is happy. Nothing is missing from her carefully timetabled life. Except, sometimes, everything.
One simple act of kindness is about to shatter the walls Eleanor has built around herself. Now she must learn how to navigate the world that everyone else seems to take for granted – while searching for the courage to face the dark corners she’s avoided all her life.
by June’s Novel Kicks Book Club: Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld
Borough Press, 2016
June is here. Was May a long month or was it just me?
With June comes exceptional weather (so far) and the official longest day. I am loving the lighter evenings and more excuses to curl up in the sunshine with a book.
This month’s title is a modern reworking of Pride & Prejudice.
Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld.
About the novel…
As usual, I have posted a question to get the discussion going and the great thing about our book club is that anyone can take part and being online, you can do so from the comfort of your own armchair/lounger/bed.
For sisters Liz and Jane, coming home to suburban Cincinnati means being paraded at the Lucas family’s BBQ, where burgers are served alongside the eligible men.
But it’s difficult to focus on re-booting their love lives when the family’s mock-Tudor house starts to crumble around them.
by May’s Novel Kicks Book Club: You Me Everything by Catherine Isaac
Simon & Schuster, April 2018
Hello May. I hope you bring the nice weather with you. I don’t know about you but I can’t wait to be able to sit out in the garden in the sunshine.
As it’s a new month, that means a new featured book. For our book club this month, I have chosen You Me Everything by Catherine Isaac.
You Me Everything is a heartfelt and unforgettable story about the lengths we are prepared to go to for those we love. Guaranteed to make you laugh and cry, this is novel you will never forget.
You and me, we have history.
We have a child together.
We have kept secrets from each other for far too long.
This summer, in the beautiful hills of the Dordogne, it is time for everything to change.
by April’s Novel Kicks Book Club: Together by Julie Cohen
‘Drip, drip drop, little April shower, beating a tune as you fall all around.’
How can it be April already? The clocks have gone forward, the nights are longer, the promise of summer is in the air but the rain (and snow) is still falling.
A perfect excuse to be snuggled up inside with a book. Like we need an excuse though! One of my favourite things to do is to curl up with a book, a blanket and a cup of tea – the sound of the rain from outside.
This month, our book title is Together by the brilliant Julie Cohen.
Robbie and Emily they have been together for decades. Now, their joints are creaking and their eyesight is failing – but their love for each other is as fresh and fierce as the day they first met. They have had children and grandchildren, lived full and happy and intimate lives.
But they have been keeping a secret since the day they met, when their lives changed forever. Over the years, the sacrifices and choices they made have sealed their fates together.
Did they do the right thing? Read their story, and you decide.
Our book club is completely online, anyone can take part and it can be done in the comfort of your armchair.
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