Sunday 1 September 2013

September Selection

Thanks again to everyone for coming along to book club and sharing your experiences of 'The Age of Miracles.'

This month we have two books:

Painter Of Silence by Georgina Harding - read about it here
Bush Oranges by Kay Donovan - read about it here

See you for my last book club, sniff, on the 26th September!

 

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  1. Carole3:09 am, September 04, 2013

    I have finished both the September selections as I was sick for a couple of days and couldn't do much apart from read. I really loved Bush Oranges as I found it so nostalgic. I haven't heard a bed jacket called a 'hug-me-tight' since I was a very young child, and I enjoyed the familiarity of the setting- the Magnetic Island ferry, the island itself, Castle Hill, the Causeway, the Strand etc. The structure was a clever vehicle for allowing many different perspectives, and although it was a book of strong women,Dan, Doug and Vic also emerged from the pages as real people. I like a book to be character driven, and for issues to be dealt with through the characters, whereas I do not enjoy plot driven novels as much. I hope you all enjoy reading the novel as much as I did.

    What a special book 'Painter of Silence'proved to be on so many levels. I appreciated the orgiginality of so many aspects of Harding's writing. War and politics are such common themes in novels, but the author in this case managed to present her viewpoint so softly through Tinu, Safta and the other characters that we were gently positioned to agree with her without noticing. I regret that I will have to miss the discussion,but look forward to October's selections. Carole

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