Bawdeswell Book Club – March Book Review

 

 Eating Peaches, by Tara Heavey

 

The story centres on Elena, a Dublin solicitor, who, in hopes of a partnership in her law firm, reluctantly agrees to leave her comfortable life and dull-but-nice accountant boyfriend to spend 9 months in a country village developing a new office for her boss. In the real world this situation would probably be as boring as she expects but as we are on Planet Chick Lit, our heroine finds herself in delightfully bijou little cottage surrounded by gorgeous men and eccentric and colourful neighbours who make her jam and give her cute dogs.   

 

Despite our almost universal dislike of the book, it did provoke quite a lot of discussion, although most of us struggled to remember much of the detail.  Completely lacking in depth, it is full of stereotypes and caricatures (do Irish people really say begod?, do all gay men really like George Michael?). There is no development of the characters, the ending is trite and predictable and frankly by then most of us had given up anyway. 

 

In its defence, though, this is not really a book which is written to be challenging or life changing – it is meant to be read in an airport lounge or on a beach and tossed aside without a thought.  It is instantly forgettable reading for the Hello market. But, if you find yourself, as I did, confined to bed with flu, having read every other thing in the house, including the leaflet in the Lemsip packet, then I recommend this to you as mildly diverting and occasionally amusing.

 

Or you could always re-read Middlemarch………….                                                            

review by Chrissie Pickard     

 

The Book Club meets on the first Thursday of each month in the Old Workhouse Bar at 7.30 p.m.  New members are always welcome.

 

Our choice for April is: -  “Purple Hibiscus "  by Chimamanda Ngosi Adichie

 

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 Mobile Library Service   

 Home Library Service

 

The Mobile Library calls at Bawdeswell and Foxley every 4 weeks on a Wednesday.

Bawdeswell: - Paradise Road 10am, School 10.30am, Church 10.45am, 12 Reepham Road 11am, Bawdeswell Hall 11.15am, Hall Road 11.30am, 3 Bell Close 11.50am and Chaucer Close 12.05-12.15pm.               Foxley: - The Chequers 11.30-11.45am.

 

Next Visits are 5^th April, 3^rd May, 31^st May, 28^th June and then every 4 weeks

 

The Home Library Service provides books on wheels to people in the community who like to use the library service but are unable to get there due to age, disability or restricted mobility. To use the Home Library Service or to volunteer to help deliver the service please telephone 01603 506848.