Our Book Club usually meet on a Monday in the Dunelm Cafe at 10.30am to discuss the chosen book.

We meet next on 29th April. The chosen book is ‘A slow fire burning by Paula Hawkins.  Email for details if you would like to join us.

Everyone is welcome to this informal club which has been running for over 8 years with five regular members. Books are mainly new, but we also have discussed some classics. We discuss what we thought of the chosen book and this often leads on to other topics. We are a mixed group of people, some from the Church, some from the local community who all enjoy reading and discussion.

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The last book we read was:

The guilty one by Lisa Ballantine

This is a complicated debut novel and not particularly an easy read. The story revolves around lawyer, Daniel Hunter, who is asked to defend an 11-year-old boy, Sebastian, accused of murdering a younger boy who was found dead in a playground. During his journey defending Sebastian and looking into his life, Daniel is forced to face his own difficult past and revisit certain actions he himself had taken. Following the death of his beloved mother, he was brought up by his foster mother, Minnie, who saved him, loved him and encouraged him to become a lawyer, but ultimately betrayed him. He had not spoken to her for 15 years. What crime had she committed for this drastic reaction? The story is an emotional one, with twists and turns and it asks the reader to consider the real meaning of guilt and forgiveness.

As we discussed the book, we agreed we could not really like the character of Daniel, despite his difficult start in life.