Framlingham Book Group
I'm now leading the monthly adult book group at the fabulous Ottie and the Bea children's shop in Framlingham. You can find out about how to join in the meeting and sign up here or call in to the shop to learn more and browse the wonderful selection of children's books and gifts.
Below is a list showing the book we are currently reading and those we have read so far.
December 2024
Orbital
The winner of this year's Booker Prize follows six astronauts on the international space station as they complete the daily sixteen (90 minute) orbits of the planet. The book has been described as 'beautiful and ambitious'. What will we think?
October 2024
A Whole Life
An international bestseller, this 'exquisite novel' has been translated from the German and is described as 'a tender book about finding dignity and beauty in solitude', with 'a message of solace and truth'. What will we think of it?
September 2024
Birnam Wood
With the summer break, there's plenty of time to get stuck into this psychological thriller by the award-winning author of 'The Luminaries'. Described as 'Shakespearean in its wit, drama and immersion in character...it is an unflinching examination of the human impulse to ensure our own survival'. What will we think of it?
July 2024
Brotherless Night
Winner of this year's Women's Prize and set in the Sri Lankan civil war, it has been described as 'a masterpiece of historical fiction', 'stunningly great' and 'an achingly moving portrait of individual and societal grief'. What will we think?
June 2024
The Marriage Portrait
Set in the treacherous political world of the Italian Renaissance, this is 'a reimagining of the life of a young woman whose proximity to power places her in mortal danger'. We all have high expectations of this author, will this deliver?
May 2024
The Trees
This author is very much en vogue currently with his latest novel 'James' achieving high acclaim. We'll be reading his previous novel which is described as 'a comic horror masterpiece'. What will we think?
April 2024
The Island of Missing Trees
It's Cyprus in 1974. Two teenagers enjoy happy meetings together in a tavern underneath a fig tree, until their differences, war and separation tear them apart. A magical tale of belonging and identity, love and trauma, memory and amnesia, destruction and renewal. What will we make of it?
March 2024
The Romantic
A 'panoramic' novel taking in the whole life of the soldier, farmer and father Cashel Greville Ross and his travels around the world in the nineteenth century, from this much-loved writer, William Boyd. What will we make of it?
February 2024
Small Things Like These
This tiny novel has won extraordinary plaudits from all corners and is soon to be a film starring Cillian Murphy. Set in the winter of 1985 in an Irish town, it explores a community controlled by the Church. What will we think of it?
January 2024
Lincoln in the Bardo
The winner of the Booker Prize in 2017, this was the author's debut. Telling the story of Abraham Lincoln grieving the death of his child, the action takes place on one night and is written in 'an exhilarating new form'. It's described as thrilling, hilarious and terrifying. What will we make of it?
November 2023
The Echo Chamber
The author is best known for writing 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas', but this is something completely different. Described as 'an uproariously funny novel' it is 'a brilliant reflection on the landscape we now live in'. What will we make of it?
October 2023
The Girl with the Louding Voice
This is the story of a young woman seeking to make her way in the world through education but first having to overcome the cultural demands of her Nigerian upbringing.