Bracknell Evening Reading Group
The group meets on the last Tuesday of the month 6.00-7.00 pm in the library meeting room.
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2008 Jan. 27 - Jones, Lloyd, 1955- Mister Pip.
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On a remote South Pacific island, threatened by uprising, Matilda and her classmates find their lives surprisingly intertwined with those of a boy called Pip, and a man named Mr Dickens.
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2008 Feb. 24 - DeLillo, Don. – Falling man.
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Begins in the smoke and ash of the burning twin towers and follows the aftermath in the intimate lives of a few individuals.
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2008 Mar. 31 - Tremain, Rose. – The road home.
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Lev is on his way to Britain to seek work, so that he can send money back to Eastern Europe to support his mother and little daughter. He struggles with the mysterious rituals of ‘Englishness’ and the fashions and fads of the London scene. We see the road Lev travels through his eyes and we share his dilemmas.
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2008 Apr. 28 - Smith, Tom Rob. – Child 44.
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Set in the Soviet Union in 1953, Tom Rob Smith’s debut novel is both a thriller and a harrowing portrayal of the terror inflicted upon people by their own governments. An officer of the Ministry of State Security risks everything – even becoming an enemy of the State – to find a killer.
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Future discussions may include:
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- Christie, Stuart, 1946- My granny made me an anarchist.
- Faulkes, Sebastian. – Human traces.
- Garner, Helen, 1942- The spare room.
- Grant, Linda, 1951- The clothes on their backs.
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Reader Questions (13kb)
