📚 🚶Zoom tonight: Half of a Yellow Sun
Details for this evening's Zoom at 8-9pm, discussing this phenomenal novel
Dear walking book clubbers,
A whole yellow sun came out for both our Regent’s Park and Hampstead Heath walks this month! It was such a pleasure to reconnect with many of you after our summer break, soak up some autumnal rays, and discuss this amazing novel. Thanks so much Alessandra for this beautiful pic of us on the Heath.
For those of you who missed our walks, and are curious to discover more about Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, please do join our Zoom this evening at 8-9pm.
Emily’s Zoom Book Club: Monday 16th September, 8-9pm, £1-15
Everyone is welcome, whether or not you’ve read the book.
Feel free to enjoy a glass of wine / bowl of pasta / some knitting etc. while you chat.
It is helpful if you can book via Eventbrite using the button below, and pay £1-15, but if you have difficulty connecting this way, please do just join directly using this link HERE | Meeting ID: 869 3530 1085 | Passcode: 239246
Looking forward to seeing you this evening!
Next week, look out for my new On My Reading Radar email, including tips on what else I’ve been enjoying reading, watching and listening to this month.
October
Mrs Bridge by Evan S. Connell
Mrs Bridge is a housewife and mother in 1950s Kansas City, raising her children and making a home for her husband. She follows all the rules: putting out special hand towels for guests (although she hopes they won’t use them, and is furious when her son does), judges people by “their shoes and their manners at the table”, and has never met a socialist. In a series of beautifully drawn, subtly ironic and yet devastating vignettes, Connell catches the contradictions, narrowness and fear that can shadow a life of comfort.
Intrigued? Read THIS RAVE REVIEW by Tom Cox in the Guardian.
In Regent’s Park: Friday 11th October, 12-1.45pm, setting off from Daunt Books, 84 Marylebone High Street, W1U 4QW, £8-15
On Hampstead Heath: Sunday 13th October, 11.30-1pm, setting off from Daunt Books Hampstead, 51 South End Road, NW3 2QB, £8-15
On Zoom: Monday 14th October, 8-9pm, £1-15
Buy Mrs Bridge from Daunt Books HERE and receive 10% off using the code WBC at checkout, or just tell them you’re in Emily’s Walking Book Club if you’re buying it in the shop.
Happy reading!
Emily