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AdventureTravelDreamer · 19/01/2019 14:07

I am looking for ideas for a book club book. We're a group of middle aged women and I want something like The Children's Act where there are different elements to the story to discuss, moral, ethical, emotional etc.

Any suggestions?

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brizzledrizzle · 19/01/2019 19:34

Jodi Picoult?

yaela123 · 20/01/2019 15:34

We are currently reading Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey with my book club, which will hopefully spark some good discussion

lucydo · 24/01/2019 14:39

Under the Skin by Michael Faber.
I picked it up on the basis of several people posting about in on MN, a while ago.
Very thought provoking.

SapatSea · 26/01/2019 20:27

The Slap always provokes a lot of reaction

Chopsypie · 26/01/2019 20:30

We need to talk about Kevin provoked a huge amount of discussion in ours, as did the poisonwood bible

BifsWif · 26/01/2019 20:30

Jodi Picoult definitely, all of her stories have a moral/ethical dilemma.

I recommend The Storyteller to start.

AdventureTravelDreamer · 27/01/2019 23:34

Thanks all, I haven't read any of the suggestions so will have a look. I am not choosing the next book but the one after that so probably March.

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royguts · 31/01/2019 18:25

Try What's Left Unsaid by Deborah Stone. Lots to discuss in terms of secrets and lies within a family

RedForShort · 31/01/2019 18:27

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Wells.

Nonfiction but lots of to discuss.

Storminateacup74 · 01/02/2019 22:29

The unlikely pilgrimage of Harold Fry.

TheGirlOnTheLanding · 01/02/2019 23:54

Burial Rites by Hannah Kent - lots to think about in terms of culpability, sympathy for the perpetrator of a crime, life in rural, confined conditions. And not too long!

AdventureTravelDreamer · 02/02/2019 12:01

Thanks for all the suggestions Smile

I've read the unlikely pilgrimage of Harold fry a couple of years ago and I think others may have too.

I read the good people by Hannah Kent but haven't read burial rites, though I have heard good reviews so will have a look at that and the others suggested too.

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