Book club reads

by Deborah Rogers -  Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver's Pulitzer and Women's Prize for Fiction winning novel, was that most rare of reads: a unanimous hit for our group. Perhaps it shouldn't have come as a surprise considering its critical acclaim, but it's not always a guarantee. The structure of the novel, its key dramatic moments, [...]

by Deborah Rogers -  Des Kennedy's gentle tale of communal living on a small Gulf Island was just what our group needed for some light summer reading. Commune tells the story of a young and idealistic couple who decide to give up their lives and academic pursuits in Vancouver and join the back-to-the-land movement in

by Deborah Rogers -  We kicked off a new year of Book Club discussing Tom Lake by Ann Patchett. It is the ninth novel from this well-loved American author, but the first that we have discussed, and for some of our group the first book of hers they had read. The story is Lara's; a

by Deborah Rogers -  Monica Ali gave us lots to talk about with her novel Love Marriage. Set in contemporary, multi-cultural Britian, the story introduces us to Yasmin, a junior doctor, newly engaged and struggling to reconcile the worlds of her family and her fiancée. This compelling novel examines aspects of modern identity such as

by Deborah Rogers -  Cho Nam-Joo's slim 2016 novel, Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982, sold over a million copies upon release in South Korea before being translated and published globally. It created a wave of discussion in that country and beyond about women's rights, and coincided with the #metoo movement that was gaining momentum elsewhere. We