Our first gathering for 2020 found our group keen to discuss books read over the holiday period. A glance at some of the books enjoyed included Buckley’s Chance Garry Linnell about an escaped convict who lived with aboriginals for 32 years. The Butterfly Room Lucinda Riley continued the enjoyment of her books, Four Fires Bryce Courtney was once again read, Boy Swallows the Universe Trent Dalton earned a book of the year award and was worth the read, War Flower Mary Ann O’Connor set against the background of the Vietnam war and the sixties era received a tick. Land of Golden Wattle JH Fletcher took the reader through a history of Australia and seven generations of a pastoral family. The Dutch House Ann Patchett published in 2019 is about a brother and sister over five decades, good reading. Live a Little Howard Jacobson a wicked novel about falling in love in your nineties and the family’s reaction!! The Happiest Refugee Anh Do a feelgood book. Published in 2019 In Darkness Visible by Tony Jones about a prisoner of war in Croatia, good read. Poum and Alexsandre, by Catherine de Saint Phoull set in Paris and how family define us this author also wrote The Sea and Us, written about a young man who returns to Australia and lives above a fish and chip shop in Brunswick Street. Lyn read a History of the Channel Islands during the War referred to as Hitler’s British Isles, also enjoyed was Working with Winston the vast array of secretaries and female assistants needed to keep up with him. Esther a biography by Jessica North recounts how Esther was convicted in the Old Bailey and transported to Botany Bay and became the first Lady of the Colony. There were more books read, obviously the hot weather gave our group plenty of opportunity to read, we yearn for more reading time to have a look at some of these gems. See you all on the 3rd March.
Geraldine McCorkell
Geraldine McCorkell
