With our thanks to the staff of Bridgend Library for their help and support,
| Status: | Active, open to new members |
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| When: | Monthly on Wednesday afternoons 2:00 pm (4th Wednesday) |
| Venue: | Bridgend Library |
Book Clubs are popular.
Apart from discussing the book we have all been reading all month our discussions stray in many different directions. Prompted by the book content the conversations spread into personal histories, previous books, film, TV and radio adaptations and lots more.
Why not join in and see what we're about?
May 2026 Book Selection
A devastating story of love, loss and one woman's terrible choice between duty and personal freedom. Fall in love with Brooklyn ahead of its bestselling follow-up, Long Island.
It is Ireland in the early 1950s and for Eilis Lacey, as for so many young Irish girls, opportunities are scarce. So when her sister arranges for her to emigrate to New York, Eilis knows she must go, leaving behind her family and her home for the first time.
Arriving in a crowded lodging house in Brooklyn, Eilis can only be reminded of what she has sacrificed. She is far from home - and homesick. And just as she takes tentative steps towards friendship, and perhaps something more, Eilis receives news which sends her back to Ireland. There she will be confronted by a terrible dilemma - a devastating choice between duty and one great love.
Discussion: Wednesday 27th May
Member's Recommendations
- "Burial Rites" by Hannah Kent (Carolyn)
- "Sick Puppy" by Carl Hiaasen (MaryAnne)
Our Reading List SEP25-JUL26
- “The Rabbit Back Literature Society” Pasi Ilmari
- “Major Pettigrew's Last Stand” Helen Simonson
- “A Song For Issy Bradley” Carys Bray
- “The Winter Dress” Lauren Chater
- “The Island of Missing Trees” Elif Shafak
- “The Big Sleep” Raymond Chandler
- “A History of Women in Men's Clothing” Norena Shopland
- “Brooklyn” Colm Toibin
- “Night Theatre” Vikram Paralkar
- “The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet” David Mitchell
- "White Ravens" Owen Sheers
Selected Previous Books
