(DATE CHANGED) July Book vs Movie: The Dry

A small town hides big secrets in this atmospheric, page-turning debut mystery by our first Australian author Jane Harper. This month, let's discuss The Dry (a novel and its 2020 movie adaptation).

Where & when:
Host: Lani
Location: Oak Eatery, Mall level 2/691 Manukau Road, Royal Oak, Auckland 1023
Time: 11am – 1pm, Sunday, 21 July 2024
What to bring: $3 to cover the meetup fee and an open mind. Since we're using the café’s function room, please order some food or drinks. Let's make it into a brunch & book party!

What we’ll discuss:
We’ll be guided by a list of questions, then the floor is open for discussion. We can talk about anything and everything – the plot, the characters, the writing style, the movie, the cast, etc. If you'd like, you can also bring your favourite paragraph/plot to share with the table. Here, you can let your imagination run wild – do you agree with the way that the author/screenwriter organises the plots? How would you tweak it to make the book/movie even better?

Book/movie synopsis:
In the grip of the worst drought in a century, the farming community of Kiewarra is facing life and death choices daily when three members of a local family are found brutally slain.
Federal Police investigator Aaron Falk reluctantly returns to his hometown for the funeral of his childhood friend, loath to face the townsfolk who turned their backs on him twenty years earlier.
But as questions mount, Falk is forced to probe deeper into the deaths of the Hadler family. Because Falk and Luke Hadler shared a secret. A secret Falk thought was long buried. A secret Luke's death now threatens to bring to the surface in this small Australian town, as old wounds bleed into new ones.

Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27824826-the-dry

IMDB:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5144174/

Cancellation:
If you cannot make it, please cancel your RSVP 24 hours ahead of time so that we can adjust the brunch booking. Thank you.

I look forward to meeting you all!