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URL:https://www.phcl.org/events/book-club-lessons/
SUMMARY:Book Club — Lessons
DESCRIPTION:November's Primrose Hill Community Library Book Club will be di
 scussing Lessons by Ian McEwan.\n\nWhen the world is still counting the co
 st of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has closed\, eleven-year-o
 ld Roland Baines's life is turned upside down. 2\,000 miles from his mothe
 r's protective love\, stranded at an unusual boarding school\, his vulnera
 bility attracts piano teacher Miss Miriam Cornell\, leaving scars as well 
 as a memory of love that will never fade.\n\nNow\, when his wife vanishes\
 , leaving him alone with his tiny son\, Roland is forced to confront the r
 eality of his restless existence. As the radiation from Chernobyl spreads 
 across Europe\, he begins a search for answers that looks deep into his fa
 mily history and will last for the rest of his life.\n\nFrom the Suez Cris
 is to the Cuban Missile Crisis\, the fall of the Berlin Wall to the curren
 t pandemic and climate change\, Roland sometimes rides with the tide of hi
 story\, but more often struggles against it. Haunted by lost opportunities
 \, he seeks solace through every possible means - music\, literature\, fri
 ends\, sex\, politics and\, finally\, love cut tragically short\, then lov
 e ultimately redeemed. His journey raises important questions for us all. 
 Can we take full charge of the course of our lives without damage to other
 s? How do global events beyond our control shape our lives and our memorie
 s? And what can we really learn from the traumas of the past?
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CATEGORIES:Events for adults
LOCATION:Primrose Hill Community Library\, Primrose Hill Community Library\
 , 11-16 Sharples Hall St\, Primrose Hill\, London\, Greater London\, NW1 8
 YN\, United Kingdom
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