Monday, March 16, 2020

This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay


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When: April 24 ** VIRTUAL MEETING, ZOOM INVITE TO COME**
Hostess: Hazel

In the US edition of this international bestseller, Adam Kay channels Henry Marsh and David Sedaris to tell us the "darkly funny" (The New Yorker) -- and sometimes horrifying -- truth about life and work in a hospital.

Welcome to 97-hour weeks. Welcome to life and death decisions. Welcome to a constant tsunami of bodily fluids. Welcome to earning less than the hospital parking... < Read more


Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier

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When: March* *VIRTUAL MEETING, ZOOM INVITE TO COME**
Hostess: Helen

On the windswept, fossil-strewn beaches of the English coast, poor and uneducated Mary Anning learns that she has a unique gift: "the eye" to spot fossils no one else can see. When she uncovers an unusual fossilized skeleton in the cliffs near her home, she sets the religious community on edge, the townspeople to gossip, and the scientific world alight. After enduring bitter cold, thunderstorms, and landslips, her challenges only grow when she falls in love with an impossible man... < Read more