Redland Reads Book Club: The Cicada House

Event Type: Classes and workshops,Free Suburb: Capalaba Age range: Young adults (18-30),Adults (30+),Seniors Discover great reads, share fresh perspectives and connect with fellow book lovers each month. Capped at below 20 people, the monthly book clubs turn pages into lively but intimate conversations. New members welcome. Redland Reads Book Club meets once a month at multiple locations. We kindly request that you pick up your copy of the book from the library as soon as possible. If you are unable to pick up the book, please cancel your reservation so that other library members have the opportunity to attend the book club. Bookings required. Bookings open Tuesday, 8 September at 9am. Book of the month: The Cicada House by Ella Ward This is a magical love story. Where, despite what I have just told you, the most extraordinary thing to happen is a woman learns to forgive herself. When Caitlin inherits a significant sum of money on her fortieth birthday, she decides to break the habits of a lifetime and throw caution to the winds. She's about to tell her husband Paul that they're leaving London on a once-in-a-lifetime journey to Eat Pray Love their way around the world, only ... she doesn't tell Paul that, because before the candles are lit, he tells her that he's very much in love with someone else. After a drunken night trying to console herself, Caitlin books tickets to Australia -- anything to get as far away as possible. What does the world feel like when it's ending for you, and no-one else? What does life feel like when you are running away from it? This is a story that begins in a way you expect, and ends very far from there. It is a story of creaking English hallways and vast Australian skies. Of hands that feel like warm sandpaper. Cicadas that sing so loudly they drown out the grief. Of white wine and an old piano and children who want their parents back from the dead. It is a magical tale of travel and mystery. And a very human tale of sex and loss and seawater and the primal joy of coming home. This is The Cicada House.