Novels 1
The Novels 1 Group brings together people who love books and wish to discuss what makes a book a great and lasting experience. Novels can be fun, gripping, emotional and perhaps inspirational. They are a window on other lives, loves, tragedies and, indeed, the comic.
“So Matilda’s strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea. These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: You are not alone.” Roald Dahl
The books we will read in the 2023/24 season are:
| September | Wyllard’s Weird | Mary E. Braddon |
| October | The Dressmaker’s Gift | Fiona Valpy |
| November | The Turn of the Screw | Henry James |
| December | Scoop | Evelyn Waugh |
| January | The Accidental | Ali Smith |
| February | Tender is the Night | F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| March | Summer | Edith Wharton |
| April | Hagseed | Margaret Atwood |
| May | Slow Horses | Mick Herron |
| June | No Country for Old Men | Cormac McCarthy |
There is a range of genres in the list including crime, literary, western and horror. Discussions on each book are wide ranging, interesting and often surprising as different aspects and interpretations emerge.
We meet on the second Wednesday of the month 10.30am-12.30pm at the Tin Tabernacle between September and June.
The group is at capacity at the moment but if you would like to be placed on the waiting list, please inform the U3A at shepwaygroups@gmail.com
Jim McKenzie
Group Leader