![]() To get you thinking and to help prepare any comments or questions you might want to share, we have prepared three starter questions:ġ. Atonement has all of that plus a historical setting – 1930s and wartime Britain – which is just up my street!’Īs well as hearing from Helen about her thoughts and observations on Atonement, we will once again be opening the floor up to you, our club members, to share your own observations and remarks. ![]() She is also the author of three books, most recently Double Lives: A History of Working Motherhood (Bloomsbury, 2020).Ībout the book, Helen says: ‘I love McEwan’s writing because he’s such an exquisite stylist and his books are always intellectually stimulating as well as having brilliant characters that you can really connect to. Our special guest for the evening will be Professor Helen McCarthy who teaches modern British history at the University of Cambridge. ![]() At home on a hot August day in 1935, thirteen year-old Bryony Tallis witnesses an encounter between her older sister, Cecilia and close friend of the family Robbie Turner, which she fatally misinterprets with devastating consequences for the lives of all three. This July we will be discussing Atonement by Ian McEwan, his Booker shortlisted historical novel of 2001. Everyone is invited to join us and our special guests to discuss a really popular book, one that we all know and perhaps or perhaps not love. ![]() ![]() The Really Popular Book Club is the reading group hosted by Cambridge University Libraries. ![]()
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