The Boat – Discussion Notes

This Wednesday the group discussed the multi award winning book ‘The Boat’ by Nam Le, a collection of seven short stories, which has also been featured in the ‘Get Reading’ free guide ’50 Books you can’t put down’.  To see why the book was voted a ‘highly recommended read’ keep reading this post.  Continue reading

The calligrapher’s daughter – a review

Title: The calligrapher’s daughter

Author: Eugenia Kim London : Bloomsbury, 2010                                                

Sarah’s Pick

The story begins in a village in Korea in 1915. It continues throughout the years of Japanese occupation and World War Two and ends in 1945. Continue reading