February meeting, April Book.

Thanks Jane for your hospitality at Woolstonecraft when we did our classic, Kim by Rudyard Kipling. What a robust discussion, with the group fairly evenly divided between those who'd welcomed the change to catch up with a classic and those who found it hard going to the point of annoyance. A great coming of age story, set in its time, grounded in Kipling's great knowledge of Indian cultures, politics and religion but carrying his assumptions as a man of his time, a British Colonial. A spiritual quest, too, which ends interestingly - shows great insight into the philosophies - Buddhism, Islam particularly - and their place in the politics. A spy novel, the forerunner of writing about 'The Great Game'. Yes I liked it, that's why I'm rattling on!

We had a full roll up too.

March meeting - Welcome to the Goon Squad is the book. We are meeting at Ros's place.

April meeting is at Margaret Lackenby's place and the book is The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna, set in Sierra Leone. Click here for a review.