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Status:<\/td>Active, open to new members<\/td><\/tr>\n \n \n
When:<\/td> Monthly on Wednesday mornings 10:30 AM
2nd Wed<\/td><\/tr>\n
Venue:<\/td> Tin Tabernacle, Hythe<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\n \n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n

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.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo Matilda\u2019s 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.\u201d Roald Dahl<\/p>\n

The books we will read in the 2024\/25 season are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
11th Sep<\/td>\n\u00a0 A Memory Called Empire\u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\nArkady Martine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9th Oct<\/td>\n\u00a0 An American Marriage<\/td>\nTayari Jones<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13th Nov<\/td>\n\u00a0 The Maid<\/td>\nNita Prose<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11th Dec<\/td>\n\u00a0 Castle Richmond<\/td>\nAntony Trollope<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8th Jan<\/td>\n\u00a0 Woman in Black<\/td>\nSusan Hill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12th Feb<\/td>\n\u00a0 The Space Machine<\/td>\nChristopher Priest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12th Mar<\/td>\n\u00a0 Warlight<\/td>\nMichael Ondaatje<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9th Apr<\/td>\n\u00a0 Kairos<\/td>\nJenny Erpenbeck<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14th May<\/td>\n\u00a0 A Pair of Blue Eyes<\/td>\nThomas Hardy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11th Jun<\/td>\n\u00a0 The Sellout<\/td>\nPaul Beatty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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.<\/p>\n

We meet on the second Wednesday of the month 10.30am-12.30pm at the Tin Tabernacle between September and June.<\/p>\n

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<\/p>\n

Jim McKenzie<\/p>\n

Group Leader<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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