Our book last month was ‘She’s leaving home’ by Joan Bakewell.
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We were all looking forward to this read, knowing the author as a journalist, television presenter and Labour Party Peer, and also as an author and playwright, who has been awarded Humanist of the year for services to humanism – according to Wikipedia!
However, we were all disappointed! The story was superficial and the style of writing we felt was almost child-like. This prompted us to check the date of publishing, expecting it to be an early work – but it was published in 2011! Though it was not necessarily written that year of course.
We met in Honora’s log cabin and shared our opinions, followed by a sociable chat, whilst being supplied with refreshments galore. The sweetie tray was well received! Thanks Honora.
This month’s book is ‘The keeper of Forgotten Things’ by Ruth Hogan, so we are all hoping for a good read to take on our holidays. We meet on the third Thursday of April to review it.