About this Event
Hello!
After J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace scored 7.5 out of a possible 10 at November's South London Book Club, in January we will be going for The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout.
This meeting will run at the usual time and place of 7pm on the evening of Tuesday, January 5th, at The Roundhouse, Wandsworth.
About the book:
Elizabeth Strout’s novel follows Artie Dam, a well-liked history teacher living in a small Massachusetts coastal town. To friends, neighbours, and colleagues, Artie appears content: he teaches local teenagers, spends time with his wife, and enjoys sailing on the bay. Beneath this ordinary exterior, however, he feels increasingly isolated and uncertain about the people closest to him. As a series of conversations, memories, and unexpected events prompt him to re-examine his family life, Artie begins to question how well anyone can truly know another person.
The Things We Never Say (ISBN-10 0241814308) was shortlisted for the 2026 Booker Prize, and was also selected as one of Barack Obama’s favourite books of the summer.
A used copy of The Things We Never Say can be acquired for around £7 online, including postage.
Key info:
• all are welcome
• please make sure you've done your best to read the book before joining us!
• please bring a suggestion for our next read
The Things We Never Say is 208 pages in length. We will likely be a group of ten. If you are new to the Group, just come along and don't be apprehensive. We were all first timers once.
You don't need to bring the book but make sure you have read it and bring your opinions!
If you are attending for the first time, we will likely all be in the far corner of the pub. Imagine that you are standing in front of the long bit of the bar, go left, up the steps and we will try to be sitting in the top left-land corner of the pub.
If you cannot make it, please adjust your RSVP, it helps us to organise seating.
Do bring an idea of what book we put in the schedule next. Here's to a great time discussing The Things We Never Say, 7pm at The Roundhouse.
Best wishes,
Emily & The South London Book Club
Event venue & nearby stays
The Roundhouse, 2 North Side Wandsworth Common, London, United Kingdom
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