Framlingham Book Group
I'm now leading the monthly adult book group at the fabulous Ottie and the Bea children's shop in Framlingham. You can find out about how to join in the meeting and sign up here or call in to the shop to learn more and browse the wonderful selection of children's books and gifts.
Below is a list showing the book we are currently reading and those we have read so far.
April 2024
The Island of Missing Trees
It's Cyprus in 1974. Two teenagers enjoy happy meetings together in a tavern underneath a fig tree, until their differences, war and separation tear them apart. A magical tale of belonging and identity, love and trauma, memory and amnesia, destruction and renewal. What will we make of it?
March 2024
The Romantic
A 'panoramic' novel taking in the whole life of the soldier, farmer and father Cashel Greville Ross and his travels around the world in the nineteenth century, from this much-loved writer, William Boyd. What will we make of it?
February 2024
Small Things Like These
This tiny novel has won extraordinary plaudits from all corners and is soon to be a film starring Cillian Murphy. Set in the winter of 1985 in an Irish town, it explores a community controlled by the Church. What will we think of it?
January 2024
Lincoln in the Bardo
The winner of the Booker Prize in 2017, this was the author's debut. Telling the story of Abraham Lincoln grieving the death of his child, the action takes place on one night and is written in 'an exhilarating new form'. It's described as thrilling, hilarious and terrifying. What will we make of it?
November 2023
The Echo Chamber
The author is best known for writing 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas', but this is something completely different. Described as 'an uproariously funny novel' it is 'a brilliant reflection on the landscape we now live in'. What will we make of it?
October 2023
The Girl with the Louding Voice
This is the story of a young woman seeking to make her way in the world through education but first having to overcome the cultural demands of her Nigerian upbringing.