In-person meeting - Free: Coming of Age at the End of History (2021), by Lea Ypi

Apologies that the Monday events fill up so fast - see our Upcoming Events list for details of more meetings on other days of the week:
https://www.meetup.com/new-cross-book-club/events/

A "funny, precise, accessible, serious memoir of a Stalinist childhood" (The Irish Times) in Communist Albania, serialised as Radio 4's Book of the Week in January 2022 and shortlisted for the 2021 Costa biography Book Award.

General plan: by 7pm some of us should be in the upstairs room at the pub but we usually start by discussing books to read in future in case anyone arrives late. Typically we'll talk about the book until after 8pm, when there's a short break to go to the bar, then any further discussion till after 9, though of course you can leave at any point!

The Shirker's Rest serves a range of soft drinks, wine and spirits in addition to their beer and cider selection [https://theshirkersrest.co.uk/drinks/ ](https://theshirkersrest.co.uk/drinks/)- they don't have a kitchen but encourage you to order from https://yardsalepizza.com/menu/ ..!