Book Club
The Book Club has changed the day it meets, now it is on Fridays at 13.30.
On Friday 20 November at 13.30 we will be meeting to discuss Ann Patchett’s latest book: The Dutch House.
The Dutch House is a mansion built by the Van Hoebeek family in 1922 in the suburbs of Philadelphia. The family consisted of a husband and wife, originally from the Netherlands, who had made a fortune in the tobacco industry. After their death, it is bought in 1946 by Cyril Conroy, a real estate mogul, for his wife, Elna. Elna hates the house and abandons her husband and two children - Danny 3 and Maeve 10 – to go to work with the poor in India. Their father marries again to Andrea who has two young daughters and makes many changes. After their father dies, Andrea forces the two siblings out to make their own way in the world
For more information contact Pat Thompson
On Friday 20 November at 13.30 we will be meeting to discuss Ann Patchett’s latest book: The Dutch House.
The Dutch House is a mansion built by the Van Hoebeek family in 1922 in the suburbs of Philadelphia. The family consisted of a husband and wife, originally from the Netherlands, who had made a fortune in the tobacco industry. After their death, it is bought in 1946 by Cyril Conroy, a real estate mogul, for his wife, Elna. Elna hates the house and abandons her husband and two children - Danny 3 and Maeve 10 – to go to work with the poor in India. Their father marries again to Andrea who has two young daughters and makes many changes. After their father dies, Andrea forces the two siblings out to make their own way in the world
For more information contact Pat Thompson