Title: Daughters-in-Law
Author: Joanna Trollope
London : Doubleday, 2011
Sarah’s pick
Rachel is married to Anthony and the mother of three sons. She has devoted her life to bringing up her sons in Suffolk, giving up her career to focus on her family. But now they are all adults and married and Rachel struggles with the changes in her family. The daughters-in-law now have more influence over her sons than she does and the family starts to drift apart. Continue reading
The book the group read for the month of April 2011 was Still Alice the debut novel of Lisa Genova, here are the thoughts of the group: Continue reading
Author: Danielle Hermans
Title: The tulip virus
Allen & Unwin 2010
Eerie, brutal, and twisted, ‘The tulip virus’ writes about some blood murders that stained beautiful the flower, tulip; and about crimes that happened in 1636 and 2007 in a similar violent way that shocked the nation. That makes this novel uniquely gripping and thought provoking. Continue reading
The book read for March 2011 for the First Wednesday Book Club was the classic Bleak House by Charles Dickens. Here are the comments on the book made by the group: Continue reading
Something never read before? Love to try it? Well, there are very different themes for March and April on #readit2011. Parramatta City Library produces these bookmarks for your information.
Hapyy reading!