King St Book Club December Author Event Book + Conversation + Wine & Eats

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Come along to the King St Book Club and join us for an evening with Mirandi Riwoe, discussing her novel A Short History of Longans.

Intriguing and beautifully written, this dazzling novel spanning centuries and generations unravels the secrets and memories of one Irish-Chinese family to explore what it means to belong – to place, to ancestors, to ourselves.

It’s the winter of 2049 and Daniel is elderly and long isolated. After yet another devastating storm, this time destroying his beloved longan tree, he finds his fragile peace threatened by a growing friendship with a widowed neighbour and the appearance of a young reporter digging into a shameful event buried deep in his past.

Across the autumn of 2000, the summer of 1949 and the restless springs of the mid‑nineteenth century, the tangled roots of Daniel’s family tree unfurl – to the moment an Irish orphan finds her fate entwined with that of a Chinese bushranger.

The book and conversation with Mirandi Riwoe, facilitated by Avid Reader's Bookclubs Host, Jennifer Stephens, a glass of wine, and tastes of King Street are all included in your book club ticket.

This month we'll meet in The Library at Rydges and enjoy delicious food from bar gusto over our discussion of A Short History of Longans.

Current Book Club members will collect their book at our November meeting and new members will be able to elect to collect their book from Avid Reader in West End or to add postage of their book to their order.