Sarah P’s pick
Set over four years around 70 AD and based on the true story of nine hundred Jews holding out against the might of the Roman army in the desert at Masada, this novel tells the story through four female characters who have taken refuge there. Continue reading
Last Tuedsay the reading group gathered at Parramatta Library for their first meeting in 2012. They’d just finished their reading “People of the book” by Geraldine Brooks. Continue reading
Author: Jeanette Winterson
Title: Why be happy when you could be normal?
Katherine’s Pick
Jeanette Winterson is the author who shot to prominence when her novel “Orangesare not the only Fruit” was published in the 1990’s. Original and riveting it is about growing up in Manchesterin the 1960’s, she is adopted into a fundamentalistic, apocalyptic Christian family. She depicts her mother as a grotesque monster with an ineffectual husband, who makes the young Jess’s life a misery, finally she breaks free and leaves home at sixteen. The novel was made into a groundbreaking and controversial BBC series which won awards and made Winterson an overnight success in the world of comtemporary English literature. Continue reading
The First Wednesday Reading Group came to meet each other right after the new year. This time they discussed the book “There should be more dancing” by Rosalie Ham. Continue reading
Title: From a clear blue sky
Author: Timothy Knatchbull
Jenny’s pick
On a clear blue sky day in August 1979,14 year old Timothy Knatchbull went fishing with his grandfather and family, they where on holiday in Ireland, and had no idea that the IRA had planted explosives just under the timber deck they where standing on. Continue reading