Geraldine Pinchard
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Books and book reading – As I lay dying by William Faulkner
Library Bell Street, Princes Risborough, United KingdomWinner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. 'As I lay dying' tells the story of the death and burial of Addie Bundren from the point of view of her family as they take her coffin to Jefferson, Mississippi, to bury her among her people. Set in the Deep South the story reveals the families intense […]
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Books and book reading – On the floor by Aifric Campbell
Library Bell Street, Princes Risborough, United KingdomGeri Molloy is a major player at a London Investment bank. She earns a six figure salary working with a reclusive hedge fund manager based in Hong Kong. The story is set in the months leading up to the 1991 Gulf War when her life starts to fall apart. Her financier boyfriend abandons her and […]
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Books and book reading – Three Sisters by Heather Morris
Library Bell Street, Princes Risborough, United KingdomThree sisters Cibi, Magda and Livia, promise their father that they will always stay together. At the tender age of 15, Livia is sent to Auschwitz. Cibi, the eldest and only 19 herself, honours her promise and follows Livia, determined to protect her, or die with her. They fight to stay alive through incomprehensible cruelty […]
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Books and book reading – The Wartime Bookclub by Kate Thompson
Library Bell Street, Princes Risborough, United KingdomIn 1943 the German Army invaded the peaceful island of Jersey in the Channel Islands. Grace La Motée, the librarian, is ordered to destroy any books which oppose the Nazi regime. Determined to keep the library running she refuses, hides the books, and fights back by forming a book club. One chapter at a time […]