Evening Book Club
This is a friendly gathering; meeting at members homes on the first Monday evening of the month, 7.30- 9.30pm , we have a lively discussion about the book that we have all read in the previous month and consider future titles we could read. We use reading sets from Waterlooville library, and it is interesting to hear how other members interpreted the same book.
We are known to divert to other topics. It is not highbrow but interesting to get other views.
It is a lovely evening away from the TV and getting to know other members of the institute.
May 2024
The Reverend Richard Coles- Murder Before Evensong
Canon Daniel Clement is Rector of Champton, where he lives alongside his widowed mother - opinionated, fearless, ever-so-slightly annoying Audrey - and his two dachshunds, Cosmo and Hilda.
When Daniel announces a plan to install a lavatory in the church, the parish is suddenly (and unexpectedly) divided: as lines are drawn, long-buried secrets come dangerously close to destroying the apparent calm of the village.
And then Anthony Bowness - cousin to Bernard de Floures, patron of Champton - is found dead at the back of the church. As the police moves in and the bodies start piling up, Daniel is the only one who can try and keep his community together... and catch a killer.
June 2024
Garden of the Lost and Found by Hariet Evans
Nightingale House, 1919.
Liddy Horner discovers her husband, the world-famous artist Sir Edward Horner, burning his best-known painting The Garden of Lost and Found days before his sudden death.
Nightingale House was the Horner family's beloved home - a gem of design created to inspire happiness - and it was here Ned painted The Garden of Lost and Found, capturing his children on a perfect day, playing in the rambling Eden he and Liddy made for them.
One magical moment. Before it all came tumbling down...
When Ned and Liddy's great-granddaughter Juliet is sent the key to Nightingale House, she opens the door onto a forgotten world. The house holds its mysteries close but she is in search of answers.
Something shattered this corner of paradise. But what?
Lose yourself in this unputdownable tale of the enduring power of family love, told by three generations of extraordinary women.