BOOKCLUB - The Offing by Benjamin Myers

Join us at Wygston’s House for a friendly and light-hearted monthly book club.

We will be in one of the two side rooms, ask at the bar, or leave a comment and we can meet you at the bar/entrance.

MARCH'S BOOK - THE OFFING BY BENJAMIN MYERS. Ideally complete the book before the event, but if you haven’t finished it, you’re welcome to come along anyway. However, we will be discussing the whole book, so there might be some spoilers.

We very much look forward to seeing you there.

Synopsis: One summer following the Second World War, Robert Appleyard sets out on foot from his Durham village. Sixteen and the son of a coal miner, he makes his way across the northern countryside until he reaches the former smuggling village of Robin Hood's Bay. There he meets Dulcie, an eccentric, worldly, older woman who lives in a ramshackle cottage facing out to sea.

Staying with Dulcie, Robert's life opens into one of rich food, sea-swimming, sunburn and poetry. The two come from different worlds, yet as the summer months pass, they form an unlikely friendship that will profoundly alter their futures.