In Person Meetup

Note: the book club meets prior to this one are “Fake Accounts” by Lauren Oyler on Thursday 24 July and “The End of the Affair” by Graham Greene on Thursday 21 August.

• What we'll do

Finish reading, then join us in person, share your insights over a meal and/or drink(s) at Bar Storia del Caffè, The Salil Hotel. It’s on Soi Sukhumvit 57 and is a 5-minute walk from BTS Thonglor station.

Approximately 400 pages. It’s available for order from suppliers (around 10
days for dispatch) at Kinokuniya Bookstore for 478 baht (https://thailand.kinokuniya.com/bw/9781472212771?cookie=48fad1b87672812df0b340385d651712&prod=1472212770), 709 baht on Lazada, 223 baht on Shopee (2 copies left), $6.99 on kindle or as an audiobook on audible.com.

Should anyone who RSVP’s be looking for the epub version please send a message to the host.

The Invention of Wings - Sue Monk Kidd.pdf https://share.google/5qkeVVD44YJzgTAAC

Synopsis

This is a novel about two unforgettable American women.

Hetty “Handful” Grimke, an urban slave in early nineteenth century Charleston, yearns for life beyond the suffocating walls that enclose her within the wealthy Grimke household. The Grimke’s daughter, Sarah, has known from an early age she is meant to do something large in the world, but she is hemmed in by the limits imposed on women.

Kidd’s sweeping novel is set in motion on Sarah’s eleventh birthday, when she is given ownership of ten year old Handful, who is to be her handmaid. We follow their remarkable journeys over the next thirty five years, as both strive for a life of their own, dramatically shaping each other’s destinies and forming a complex relationship marked by guilt, defiance, estrangement and the uneasy ways of love.

Inspired by the historical figure of Sarah Grimke, Kidd goes beyond the record to flesh out the rich interior lives of all of her characters, both real and invented, including Handful’s cunning mother, Charlotte, who courts danger in her search for something better.

This exquisitely written novel is a triumph of storytelling that looks with unswerving eyes at a devastating wound in American history, through women whose struggles for liberation, empowerment, and expression will leave no reader unmoved.

• Important to know

No entrance fee, no membership fees. Your patronage of the cafe is highly appreciated, as usage of their facility is without charge. Expect meal/drink to average 450 baht thereaboutsm

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