The Free-Range Bookclub
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Category: Psychological
The 10pm Question – Kate de Goldi
Posted on November 2, 2009 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Nadine Twelve year old Frankie Parsons worries about many things. His mother, who never leaves the house, is the only person who takes his concerns seriously. He develops the habit of posing a serious question to her at 10pm every… Continue Reading “The 10pm Question – Kate de Goldi”
Summertime – J M Coetzee
Posted on October 12, 2009 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKERTHON A fictionalised memoir detailing the life of John Coetzee written from the point of view of the biographer. Told from the perspective of five people who have known him including a married woman with whom he had an affair, his cousin… Continue Reading “Summertime – J M Coetzee”
The Little Stranger – Sarah Waters
Posted on October 8, 2009 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKERTHON The Little Stranger is a mixed genre story set in a dilapidated mansion in Warwickshire, England in the 1940s. It features a country doctor who calls on an old family of declining fortunes who own the old estate that is crumbling… Continue Reading “The Little Stranger – Sarah Waters”
The Glass Room – Simon Mawer
Posted on October 1, 2009 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKERTHON Based on a real villa in Czechoslovakia, the house in this book is a minimalist masterpiece with a transparent glass room as its centre. Built for Liesel and Viktor Landauer in the 1920s, the house becomes the central character and the… Continue Reading “The Glass Room – Simon Mawer”
Wolf Hall – Hilary Mantel
Posted on September 27, 2009 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKERTHON A fictionalised biography documenting the rapid rise to power of Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII. ❚ “Wolf Hall is primarily about Thomas Cromwell who in real life was a disliked man who worked for King Henry. He orchestrated… Continue Reading “Wolf Hall – Hilary Mantel”
The Quickening Maze – Adam Foulds
Posted on September 20, 2009 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKERTHON The true story of poet John Clare’s incarceration in London’s Epping Forest, a mental asylum run on the reformist principles of occupational therapy. Lord Alfred Tennyson had his brother treated there and the book bases its storyline on the speculation of… Continue Reading “The Quickening Maze – Adam Foulds”
The Children’s Book – A S Byatt
Posted on September 15, 2009 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKERTHON Loosely based on the life of E Nesbit, The Children’s Book follows the lives of several inter-related families from 1895 through WWI. ❚ “The Wellwood family consists of Olive, Humphrey, Olive’s sister Violet, and many children. They are Fabians, living in… Continue Reading “The Children’s Book – A S Byatt”
The Potato Factory – Bryce Courtenay
Posted on August 25, 2009 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Jo Set in the early 19th century, The Potato Factory explores the lives of London’s thieves, con men, prostitutes, street urchins and lowlife many of whom, suffering from England’s social and political inequalities, are sent to the penal colony of… Continue Reading “The Potato Factory – Bryce Courtenay”
Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
Posted on August 4, 2009 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Suzy A coming of age novel where a young man, Pip, has an anonymous benefactor who sponsors him in to becoming a gentleman ❚ “ Great Expectations is a story of a young man who wants more than what… Continue Reading “Great Expectations – Charles Dickens”
The Outcast – Sadie Jones
Posted on June 9, 2009 by thefreerangebookclub
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Rachel Eight year old Lewis Alridge meets his father for the first time in 1945, newly returned from the war. Life awkwardly ekes by until one day there is a tragedy in the family which sets Lewis on a… Continue Reading “The Outcast – Sadie Jones”
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