We met at The Drum on the 4th November 2013. Rebecca Hayden joined the group for one month. She had tasked us with reading her favourite teenage fiction novel, ‘The fault in our stars’ by John Green. Rebecca also joined us for the discussion in The Drum. We reflected on teenage fiction from our own era. ‘Little House on the Prairie’ were books that came to mind. The story of a harsh, bleak pioneering life style. However for the teenage reader the reality was couched in American pie and good family values.
There were no sweeteners or protection from reality in Green’s novel. He tells us about teenage cancer through the thoughts and feelings of two sufferers. Rebecca generated reflective debate about the novel and the author.
Our next meeting will be on Wednesday 4th December 2013 at The Drum. We are going to discuss a book of short stories ‘Dear Life’ by Alice Munro. This is our Christmas book group outing. We are going to meet up early (as soon as we have washed up from the tea party!) have supper, discuss the book and stay for the quiz.