Tickets: Free for Hearth members / £5 non-members / £10 Ticket + Wine
About The Event
This month we’re reading I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
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 I Who Have Never Known Men:
"Discover the haunting, heartbreaking post-apocalyptic tale of female friendship and intimacy set in a deserted world.
Deep underground, thirty-nine women are kept in isolation in a cage. Above ground, a world awaits. Has it been abandoned? Devastated by a virus?
Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only vague recollection of their lives before. But, as the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl - the fortieth prisoner - sits alone and outcast in the corner.
Soon she will show herself to be the key to the others' escape and survival in the strange world that awaits them above ground. The woman who will never know men."
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.
📸 Event Photography: We may take photos or short videos during the event to celebrate our community and for promotional use. We’ll aim to give notice beforehand. If you’d rather not appear in any content, please feel free to let the photographer or content creator know directly. Photos and videos may be captured for promotional use.
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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