The book club was her idea, of course. Alice's. It was her way into our group. A chance to get close. I knew from the day she arrived that she couldn't be trusted. And I was right. Because Alice didn't come to the village for peace and quiet. She came for revenge.
The Book Club
β Scribed by McCabe, Kate
- Book ID
- 108859644
- Publisher
- Poolbeg Press
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 252 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781781990384
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Marion Hunt is a 29-year-old single civil servant who has just bought a brand-new apartment is Dublinβs Smithfield and needs something to while away the long cold winter nights. So she decides to start a book club.
She quickly gathers around her a group of disparate individuals. There is Nick Barry, a young writer who has been mauled by the media but is determined to produce a critically acclaimed novel. There is Liz Broderick a young widow of 33 whose husband Tim has been killed in a tragic road accident and whose friends are telling her she has to get out and meet new people.
There is Robbie Gray a 45-year-old accountant whose wife has just left him for another man after 16 years of marriage. There is Christy Grimes a pensioner from Phibsboro and his wife Ellie who is recovering from a stroke but is determined to recover. And then there is Alan McMillan, a successful lawyer and an old boyfriend of Marionβs who will stop at nothing to get her back...
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