Sometimes the novels chosen are new, often they are from the backlist and occasionally re-issued from way back. But to keep ourselves on our toes, we have a rule that author gender is alternated, girl-boy-girl-boy, and the continents always rotated (with occasional glitches). She married three different men, and, if you read her bio or some of her essays, youll realize quickly that she was gung-ho about getting married, but never quite figured out the secret to staying married. Too good to be true? The catch is that the bookshop gets to choose what the book group reads. Nora Ephron, the writer of Heartburn, must not have had an annoying relative from Brooklyn to scare her straight. Each month the discussion is lively and unpretentious, with naughty snacks and plenty to drink. You don’t even have to have had read the book. The title to be read and discussed is sign-posted and on sale for the whole of the previous month (with a discount for those who make it known they intend to come) and everybody is welcome, whether first-timer, part-timer or regular-timer. With rare exceptions such as bank holidays, the book group meets on the first Wednesday of every month at 7.30pm. Now past its tenth year the Crow Book Group has grown into a regular social event.
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