Aurora Hills Readers Book Club: "Shrines of Gaiety"
Join us for a lively monthly book club at Aurora Hills!
We meet in person every 3rd Tuesday of the month at Aurora Hills Branch from 6:30 – 7:45 pm. Discussions are led by an experienced volunteer.
This month we are reading: "Shrines of Gaiety" by Kate Atkinson
This year we are reading:
- Jan. 16: "Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World" by Matt Parker
- Feb. 20: "The Big Picture: The Fight for the Future of the Movies" by Ben Fritz
- Mar. 19: "A Thread of Grace" by Mary Doris Russell
- Apr. 16: "And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer: a novella" by Fredrik Backman
- May.21: "For the Glory" by Duncan Hamilton
- Jun. 18: "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eudenides
- Jul. 16: "Ragtime" by E.L. Doctorow
- Aug. 20: "The World's Strongest Librarian"by Josh Hanagarne
- Sep. 17: "Sold on a Monday" by Kristine McMorris
- Oct. 15: "Shrines of Gaiety" by Kate Atkinson
- Nov. 19: "The Wager" by David Grann
- Dec.17: "The Power Broker" by Robert Caro
Registration not required.
For more information, call 703-228-5715
- Date:
- Tuesday, October 15, 2024
- Time:
- 6:30pm - 7:45pm
- Library:
- Aurora Hills Library
- Audience:
- Events for Adults
- Categories:
- Book Discussion
- Calendar:
- Arlington Public Library
About the Book:
"It's 1926, and in a country still recovering from the Great War, London has become the focus for a delirious new nightlife. In the clubs of Soho, peers of the realm rub shoulders with starlets, foreign dignitaries with gangsters, and girls sell dances for a shilling a time. The notorious queen of this glittering world is Nellie Coker, ruthless but also ambitious to advance her six children, including the enigmatic eldest, Niven, whose character has been forged in the crucible of the Somme. But success breeds enemies, and Nellie's empire faces threats from without and within. For beneath the dazzle of Soho's gaiety, there is a dark underbelly, a world in which it is all too easy to become lost."