Lunch and/or Book Club - fancy a good read and lively chat about the book?

Why not join our Book Club and be introduced to new books, with a get together afterwards to discuss it frankly, love it or hate it, interesting or boring, good or bad?

If you don't want to join for the book club, just come along for the lunch beforehand (but please let me know which you are coming for so I can book accordingly).

Feel free to join us for a particular book or every book, but don't expect to like them all. That is part of the fun.

If you would like to suggest a book to be read please message me with the title and author.

Meetings will be held monthly at 14:00 hours, The next meeting will be at the Woodpecker in Waterlooville, I will be there for lunch from 13:00 hours if anyone wants to join me/us.

Menu: https://www.emberinns.co.uk/nationalsearch/southwest/the-woodpecker-waterlooville/food#/

Next Book: Black Cake
Author: Charmaine Wilkerson

In present-day California, Eleanor Bennett’s death leaves behind a puzzling inheritance for her two children, Byron and Benny: a black cake, made from a family recipe with a long history, and a voice recording. In her message, Eleanor shares a tumultuous story about a headstrong young swimmer who escapes her island home under suspicion of murder. The heartbreaking tale Eleanor unfolds, the secrets she still holds back, and the mystery of a long-lost child challenge everything the siblings thought they knew about their lineage and themselves.

Can Byron and Benny reclaim their once-close relationship, piece together Eleanor’s true history, and fulfill her final request to “share the black cake when the time is right”? Will their mother’s revelations bring them back together or leave them feeling more lost than ever?

Charmaine Wilkerson’s debut novel is a story of how the inheritance of betrayals, secrets, memories, and even names can shape relationships and history. Deeply evocative and beautifully written, Black Cake is an extraordinary journey through the life of a family changed forever by the choices of its matriarch.

Books usually available on Amazon, WOB (World of Books) and other internet sites and of course, can often be found in charity shops and the Library.