Reading 2 (Afternoon)
“The Group's next meeting is on 15th May 2024 at 13.30 -15.30 . If you wish to attend please contact the group leader
The regular group meeting is 3rd Wednesday of the month 1.30pm-3.30pm at St Margaret's Church Hall Tag Lane, Ingol, PR2 3XA. The car park is at the side of the building, accessed from St Margaret's Close. Bus Service, Number 35 stops outside the door.
Next Meetings: 15th May 2024, 19th June 2024
How the group works: Books (library group loan) are issued at a meeting for members to read, and are then discussed at the following meeting. We choose our reading list democratically each year so everyone is sure of finding something they like. We very rarely agree about the merits of a particular book, which adds to our enjoyment and the liveliness of our meetings. SORRY THE GROUP IS NOW FULL . The book on loan is returned at the following meeting. If a member is unable to attend, please arrange with the Group Leader on how to return the book.
Group Leader, Betsy Stringer on 01772 929945
or email me using the Blue Bird Symbol at the top of the page.
Shuggie Bain
Douglas Stuart
It is 1981. Glasgow is dying and good families must grift to survive. Agnes Bain has always expected more from life, dreaming of greater things. But Agnes is abandoned by her philandering husband, and as she descends deeper into drink, the children try their best to save her, yet one by one they must abandon her to save themselves.
It is her son Shuggie who holds out hope the longest. Shuggie is different, he is clearly no’ right. But Shuggie believes that if he tries his hardest, he can be normal like the other boys and help his mother escape this hopeless place.
Shuggie Bain lays bare the ruthlessness of poverty, the limits of love, and the hollowness of pride. For readers of A Little Life and Angela's Ashes, it is a heartbreaking novel by a brilliant writer with a powerful and important story to tel