The Sisterhood Book Club

The Sisterhood Book Club is a friendly book club for adults, discovering and rediscovering female protagonists in classic, modern classic and contemporary world fiction written by women.

We meet monthly to informally discuss a book read in advance, over refreshments at The Village Hub opposite Chalkwell Park. The cost of taking part is the purchase of the book to be discussed, and books are available to collect either at the previous book club or they can be posted out to you at least a month prior to the book club.

We were originally inspired by Penguin Books' Sisterhood Collection, which included titles such as Anne of Green Gables, Little Women and Pride and Prejudice, but now we read an eclectic mix of books. Recent reads include Crooked Cross (Sally Carson), 12 Ways to Kill Your Family at Christmas (Natasha Bache), and The Mountains Sing (Nguyen Phan Que Mai). 

About the book this month:

The Persians by Sanam Mahloudji

Five women. Three generations. A whole lot of family history.

The Valiat family are in crisis. Elizabeth, the regal matriarch, remained in Tehran despite the revolution with only the Islamic law-breaking Niaz for company. Meanwhile, in America, Shirin, Seema and Bita are wondering if their gleaming lives in ‘the land of plenty’ are all they had hoped for.

When an annual vacation goes wildly awry and Shirin is arrested, long-held Valiat family secrets begin to surface. As their lives are turned upside down, could revealing the truth save their family or might it break them apart, once and for all? ‘

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