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Hope Valley

Books and Literature

Status:Active, open to new members
Coordinator:
When: On Monday afternoons
4th Monday of the month
Venue: Members' Homes
Cost: No cost
Image Credit: Photo by Prasanna Kumar on Unsplash

We usually meet at each other's houses (with tea and cakes!).

Recently, we have been working through a list that all the group compiled and which includes a different genre for each month

We would love to see new members,

DATE COLLECTED
AT MEETING
BOOK TITLE  AND AUTHORGENREDATE DISCUSSED AND RETURNED
NOVEMBERTHE NIGHTINGALE BY KRISTIN HANNAH Two women try to survive in WW2 WW2 Survival 26 JANUARY 
JANUARYFAITH BY BEVERLEY WATTS Funny Historical adventure romance Comical Historical Adventure  23 FEBRUARY 
FEBRUARYWITCHLIGHT BY SUSAN FLETCHER Historical Witchcraft23 MARCH 
MARCHKEEP THE ASPIDISTRA FLYING BY GEORGE ORWELL
Social commentary pre WW2 
Social Commentary27 APRIL 
APRILTHE TROUBLE WITH GOATS & SHEEP BY JOANNA CANNON Involves residents of a cul de sac during 1976 heatwave Mystery18 MAY
Week early 
MAYA TERRIBLE KINDNESS BY JO BROWNING True Life22 JUNE 
JUNETHERE ARE RIVERS IN THE SKY BY ELIF SHAFAK
A lost poem, 32 rivers & 3 amazing lives 
Modern hisory27 JULY 
JULYAMERICAN DIRT BY JEANNE CUMMINS 
A widow and her son try to escape from Mexico 
Escape24 AUGUST 
AUGUSTPERSUASION BY JANE AUSTEN Classic28 SEPTEMBER 
SEPTEMBERGOLDEN HILL BY FRANCIS SPUFFORD
Award winning story of a mysterious young man in 18th-century Manhatten 
Historical Adventure26 OCTOBER 
 OCTOBERTHE HOUSE BETWEEN THE TIDES BY SARAH MAINE
Mystery in Scottish Outer Hebredes 
Mystery23 NOVEMBER 
 NOVEMBERTHE WOMEN BY KRISTIN HANNAH
A story of devastating loss and epic love 
Modern 25 JANUARY