Tickets: Free for Hearth members / £5 non-members / £10 Ticket + Wine
About The Event
This October we’re discussing Drive Your Plough Over the Bones of the Dead by Nobel Prize in Literature-winner Olga Tokarczuk.
Calling all keen readers! Step into the rich and vivid worlds of fiction by women, about women, in this engaging book club. Each six weeks, we’ll journey through stories that illuminate the lives, struggles, and triumphs of women across different eras and cultures. This is a book club for those who love reading, as well as exploring the (often) unsung heroes of past and present.
About Drive Your Plough Over the Bones of the Dead:
“In a remote Polish village, Janina Duszejko, an eccentric woman in her sixties, recounts the events surrounding the disappearance of her two dogs. She is reclusive, preferring the company of animals to people; she's unconventional, believing in the stars; and she is fond of the poetry of William Blake, from whose work the title of the book is taken. When members of a local hunting club are found murdered, Duszejko becomes involved.
By no means a conventional crime story, this existential thriller by 'one of Europe's major humanist writers' offers thought-provoking ideas on our perceptions of madness, injustice against marginalized people, animal rights, the hypocrisy of traditional religion, belief in predestination - and caused a genuine political uproar in Tokarczuk's native Poland.”
Join us for what promises to be a rich and rewarding discussion — all are welcome, whether you've finished the book or are still on the last few chapters.
Please note this event is exclusively for women.
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Amie Ferris-Rotman
Journalist, Editor, Co-Author of 'The Vanishing Girl of Kabul
Amie Ferris-Rotman is a British-American journalist. As Reuters senior correspondent in Kabul, she reported on Afghanistan’s transformation before founding Sahar Speaks, a programme supporting Afghan female journalists. She spent nearly a decade in Moscow, holding roles at The Washington Post and Foreign Policy. From Kazakhstan to Ukraine, her work has focused on women’s rights and has earned numerous honours, including a British Press Award and first place from the Society for Features Journalism. She is the co-author, with Afghan journalist Zahra Joya, of the upcoming "The Vanishing Girl of Kabul".
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