We were bathed in sunshine at our June book group meeting: 9 of us gathered around a table on the Kirklee site, 4 of us with plots at Julian Avenue, 5 of us with plots on Kirklee. The home-made, allotment-grown rhubarb cake disappeared quickly. We’d shared around three titles by Raynor Winn that we’d borrowed from the library, people reading one, two, three or none of them, so we had lots to talk about.
Our next meeting will be on Sunday 14th July, from 5 – 6pm, at the Kirklee site. We’ve got copies of ‘The Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller’ by Nadia Wassif from the library – let us know (e.g. email the committee or leave a comment) if you’d like to borrow a copy and come along for the discussion. This autobiography describes the experiences of three young women who set up an independent bookshop called Diwan in 2022. Hachette says: ‘Frank, fresh and very funny, Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller is a portrait of a country hurtling toward a revolution, a feminist rallying cry, . . . . above all, it is a celebration of the power of words to bring us home.’
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