We are starting a Book Club…but for that we need members! This will only be our second monthly meeting but you are welcome to join us anytime.
Meetings are hosted by a former English Teacher and a regular volunteer at Haddenham Arts Centre. Kate loves to explore and discuss the historical context of the books, the countries they are set in and sometimes even theme the meetings around the book itself!
Our first shared read was chosen by Kate and was ‘Great Circle’ by Maggie Shipstead. This will be the book under discussion at this month’s get together. About this book……
‘A soaring, breathtakingly ambitious novel that weaves together the astonishing lives of a 1950s vanished female aviator and the modern-day Hollywood actress who plays her on screen.
Marian Graves is driven by a need for freedom and danger. From her days as a wild child in prohibition America to the blitz and glitz of wartime London, she is determined to live an independent life.
But it is an obsession with flight that consumes her most.
Having become one of the most fearless pilots in her time, she sets out to do what no one has done before: to circumnavigate the globe from pole to pole.
But shortly before completing the journey, her plane disappears, lost to history.
Over half a century later, troubled film star Hadley Baxter is offered to play Marian in the comeback role of a lifetime. From the first pages of the script, Hadley is drawn inexorably to the female pilot.
It is a role that will lead her to an unexpected discovery, throwing fresh and spellbinding light on the story of the unknowable Marian Graves.
’If you didn’t manage to attend the first meeting, haven’t read the whole book or even started it, come along anyway! At this meeting a new book will suggested by a club member to read in October. Thereafter each member will choose a title for the group to read each month.
Please purchase your own copy of each book to read. Second hand copies are usually available to buy online or new can be purchased from Toppings in Ely. If you live in Haddenham you may even be able to borrow a copy from the village library. Please feel free to get a head start and begin reading straight away!
The book title for reading in October will be confirmed after the first meeting in September.
Please call The Arts Centre on 01353 749188 to register your interest and let us know you will be attending .
There will be small charge on the day of £4.50 per person per meeting. Refreshments will be provided.
All proceeds will go towards supporting Haddenham Arts Centre.