The aldeburgh bookshop Book Club
We meet on the second Monday of the month, in the shop. The Book Club is open to all - so feel free to come along. No prior book club experience necessary.
March 2025
Monday 10th March 6pm
The Last House Before the Mountain
Monika Helfer
Paperback, £7.99 (Special Book Club price)
International best-selling Austrian novel based on the author’s own family history.
Maria and Josef live with their children in a valley in westernmost Austria.
When the First World War breaks out and Josef is drafted into the army, Maria is left to provide for her family alone. Every day is a struggle against starvation, the harsh alpine climate and the hostile nearby villagers
Everyone welcome.
April 2025
Monday 14th April at 6 pm
Sylvia Townsend Warner
The Corner that Held Them
Paperback, £8.99
A witty, subversive novel about a convent in Norfolk in the 14th century. First published in 1948.
James Marriott, Times journalist and commentator, wrote recently: ‘This might be the best historical novel I’ve read’. Intrigued? Let’s see if James is right.