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Hi ladies

Thank you Sally for stepping in and hosting our last club meeting, a couple of weeks ago, with another good turnout of members.  Apologies all for the lateness of this reminder. 

Our next read will be Shakespeare – both A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Tempest. These are both short, 108 and 82 pages respectively, so less than 200 pages in all

Our next club meeting will be Tuesday 19th July, at 7.45 pm.  I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible then, M xXx

A Midsummer Night’s Dream      This is a raucous comedy that thrusts a quartet of reckless young lovers headfirst into a world of magic and fantasy. Lovers Lysander and Hermia flee Athens to escape the authority of their parents, only to be pursued by Hermia’s betrothed Demetrius, and her friend Helena. Unwittingly, all four find themselves in an enchanted forest where Oberon, the king of the fairies, and Titania, his queen, soon take an interest in human affairs, dispensing magical love potions and casting mischievous spells. In this dazzling comedy, confusion ends in harmony, as love is transformed, misplaced, and – ultimately – restored. with pathos, bitterness with joy and peace with love

The Tempest     A storm rages. Prospero, his daughter Miranda, and his monstrous servant Caliban watch from their desert island as a ship carrying the royal family is wrecked. Miraculously, all on board survive. Plotting, mistaken identities, bewitching love and drunkenness follow as the travellers explore the strange place of spirits and monsters on which they have landed. They soon begin to realize all is not as it seems, in a play whose magical setting and classical unity of time and place have inspired many films

Hi ladies

Thank you Alison for hosting book club this week, really nice to have 5 of us in a room together, even if only briefly; we miss you other ladies!

Our next read will be The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper, by Phaedra Patrick, chosen by Alison.  Ladies, this is new, so I cannot get library copies and it’s currently only available in eBook and hardback, but there are lots of second hand copies on Amazon, so get your orders in. I’ll buy a copy, if anyone wants to borrow then please let me know 😀

Our next club meeting will be Tuesday 7th June, with Georgina hosting at my house. I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible then, M xXx

The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper, Phaedra Patrick     40 Years of Marriage. 8 Golden Charms. One Man’s Journey of Discovery. ‘Eccentric, charming and wise, this will illuminate your heart’ Nina George, author of The Little Paris Bookshop Having been married for over 40 years, 69-year-old Arthur Pepper is mourning the loss of his wife. On the anniversary of her death, he finally musters the courage to go through her possessions, and happens upon a charm bracelet that he has never seen before. What follows is a surprising adventure that takes Arthur from London to Paris and India in an epic quest to find out the truth about his wife’s secret life before they met, a journey that leads him to find healing, self-discovery, and love in the most unexpected of places.