St Nick's Book Group
Our Book Group began in 2006 as the brainchild of a former parishioner, Susan Welsh, since when we've met every couple of months to discuss books, fiction and non-fiction, that have generally had some connection, however tangential, with Christianity.
The current book, which we'll be discussing on 31st August 2010, is 'Singled Out' by Virginia Nicholson. Subtitled "how two million women survived without men after the First World War", "this in an inspiring book, lovingly researched, well-written and humane... the period is beautifully caught" (The Economist )
Previous books have included:
Helen Garner - The Spare Room
Muriel Barbery - The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Giorgio Bassani - The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
Michela Wrong - It's Our Turn to Eat
Graham Greene - The Power and the Glory
Marilynne Robinson - Home
Henry James - The Portrait of a Lady
Marcus Zusak - The Book Thief
Barack Obama - Dreams from my Father
Carl Gustav Jung - Answer to Job
William Dalrymple - From the Holy Mountain
Jim Wallis - Seven Ways to Change the World
Graham Greene - The End of the Affair
Philip Pullman - Northern Lights
John Irving - A Prayer for Owen Meany
Marilynne Robinson - Gilead
Barbara Kingsolver - The Poisonwood Bible
Edmund Gosse - Father and Son
Barry Unsworth - Morality Play
Mikhail Bulgakov - The Master and Margarita
Willa Cather - Death Comes for the Archbishop
Alister McGrath - The Dawkins Delusion
Tom Wright - Simply Christian
C S Lewis - Mere Christianity