Kia ora all,
Firstly, thanks to everyone that came to the Greta and Valdin book club this week. It was a delight to see everyone again and share what we have all been reading. Book recommendations from the group can be found at the bottom of this email.
This month we switch from NZ fiction to NZ non-fiction. Time Out has selected a book that should appeal to fans of Charlotte Grimshaw's The Mirror Book - one of our more popular books from the Lit Reads 2021 season.
Grand by Noelle McCarthy
From Catholic Ireland in the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s to sparkling Auckland in the first years of the new millennium, Grand is a story of the invisible ties that bind us, of bitter legacies handed down through the generations, and of the leap of faith it takes to change them.
- Penguin Books NZ
Come and discuss this fascinating memoir :
Monday, May 30th, 6.30 pm
Location: The GoodHome Gastro Pub, 37 Normanby Road, Mt Eden.
Copies of Grand can be purchased online from Time Out
RSVP is essential as numbers are limited to 20
email Trudie
books@timeout.co.nz
What we read this month
The Time Lizards Archaeologist ( Sue )
Bewilderment ( Bev )
Matrix
Mazarine
Fleishman Is In Trouble ( Ingrid )
Heartburn
Ganglands ( Jilly )
Crazy Love
Keeping the House
Sorrow and Bliss ( Fiona )
The Good Winter ( Neil )
Best American Essays 2021
The Library of Unfinished Business (Teresa)
Sea of Tranquility ( Trudie )
La Vie, les gens et autres effets secondaires, by Yvan Nabokoff with Philippe Aronson ( Jeremy )
