Hello Savvy Readers,
Our next book is... The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley!
- The Guardian Review and Goodreads page and readers guide linked below
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- Audio listeners encouraged and welcome (of course)!
- As long as you don't mind spoilers, you don't have to finish the book. Try to read or audio-listen to what you can, and join us for a great discussion.
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- Kindly note, we meet in a social setting, so there may be varying noise levels.
Newcomers are always welcome. Hope you can join us!
Best,
Maria
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September Savvy Book:
Our next book is... The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley!
A time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingenious exploration of the nature of power and the potential for love to change it all:
In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and is, shortly afterward, told what project she’ll be working on. A recently established government ministry is gathering “expats” from across history to establish whether time travel is feasible—for the body, but also for the fabric of space-time.
She is tasked with working as a “bridge”: living with, assisting, and monitoring the expat known as “1847” or Commander Graham Gore. As far as history is concerned, Commander Gore died on Sir John Franklin’s doomed 1845 expedition to the Arctic, so he’s a little disoriented to be living with an unmarried woman who regularly shows her calves, surrounded by outlandish concepts such as “washing machines,” “Spotify,” and “the collapse of the British Empire.” But with an appetite for discovery, a seven-a-day cigarette habit, and the support of a charming and chaotic cast of fellow expats, he soon adjusts.
Over the next year, what the bridge initially thought would be, at best, a horrifically uncomfortable roommate dynamic, evolves into something much deeper. By the time the true shape of the Ministry’s project comes to light, the bridge has fallen haphazardly, fervently in love, with consequences she never could have imagined. Forced to confront the choices that brought them together, the bridge must finally reckon with how—and whether she believes—what she does next can change the future.
The Guardian Review (may have some spoilers)
Goodreads Page