We Need to Talk About Books



Anna:
On Chapel Sands – Laura Cumming
The Overstory – Richard Powers
The Lizard Cage – Karen Connelly
(Still Life, etc, series by Louise Penny featuring Chief Inspector Gamache)
Sue:
Olive Kitteridge – Elizabeth Strout (recommended last month)
(The Little Red Chair – Edna O’Brien – NOT recommended!)
Obasan – Joy Kogawa
Meg:
Yellow Dog – Martin Amis – NOT recommended
(Behind the Scenes at the Museum – Kate Atkinson)
The Only Story – Julian Barnes
Vicky:
The Man Who Planted Trees – Jean Giono
Hilary:
Snow Falling on Cedars – David Guterson
Jenny:
The Immortalists – Chloe Benjamin
Noughts & Crosses – Malorie Blackman (people said the BBC TV series was excellent, too)
Tim:
At The Existentialist Cafe: Freedom, Being and Apricot Cocktails – Sarah Bakewell
The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within – Stephen Fry
Annie:
The Witchfinder’s Sister – Beth Underdown
The Confessions of Frannie Langton – Sara Collins
(The Mirror and The Light – Hilary Mantel)
Fiona:
All That Remains: A Life in Death – Sue Black (some of us had been inspired by the Radio 4 programme The Life Scientific, when Sue was interviewed by Jim Al-Khalili
Philip:
Big Sky – Kate Atkinson
A Thousand Moons – Sebastian Barry
The ones in brackets were mentioned in passing.
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