Book clubs in Shropshire

The book is based on real events and possibilities. It allows us an emotional connection with our characters and much to interpret ourselves.

I love the imagery of 1960s Paris and learning about how life was for LGBT folk at that time.

Love story, best-selling book that dominated the sales charts in 1993-94 – in 1995 film was released starring Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood. A story set in the 1960’s about an Iowa farm wife who meets a National Geographic photographer by chance while her family is away at the Illinois State Fair. Two strangers from different worlds — Robert Kincaid, the free-roaming, globe-trotting photographer, and Francesca Johnson, the Iowa-based farm wife living by the mid-American norms of the day whereby feminism has no place, and a wife stays put for life. The two strike up an intense, short-lived love affair. However, reality and responsibility soon intrude, and the affair ends. The two lovers, torn by separation, return to their previous lives and live out their days longing for what ‘could have been’. The story swept over America, hence the film.

This is a life changing book about women reclaiming their heritage and power and finding their connnection to the earth. It is very moving and powerful and can really stir up a lot of feelings so be prepared!