Harding: better at tragedy than comedy?

Well, that's the opinion of Lorraine and I, anyway, and Julian very much liked the book. We were slightly mystified by the ending - would he really have done that? Would we have done the same in those circumstances? It brought up lots of thoughts and feelings about caring for aging parents, something some will already be doing, and others thinking about what might happen in the future.

Anyway, Julian's quite lengthy shortlist (longlist?) was as follows:

A Touch of the Sun David Evans
Housekeeping Marilynne Robinson
Some Kind of Black Diran Adebayo
A Home at the End of the World Michael Cunningham
Fugitive Pieces Anne Michaels
Independent Heart Juliet Waldron

And the chosen book is: Independent Heart by Juliet Waldron

But we also chose to read a second book...
Housekeeping Marilynne Robinson

Next bookgroup date tba asap.