This month’s title is The Anniversary by Andrea Bajani. 144 pages.

‘On that day, ten years ago, I saw my parents for the last time. Since then I’ve changed phone numbers, houses, continents, I’ve erected an impregnable wall and put an ocean between us. They’ve been the best ten years of my life.’ A son is celebrating a bittersweet anniversary.

It is a decade since he saw his parents: the father who ruled through petty acts of intimidation and fear, the mother who silently accepted it, fitting herself in the spaces around others’ lives. As he looks back, he recalls the airless family home, unsettled only by the ringing of a telephone, or a visitor who was soon rejected. And he remembers how he became possessed by the irrepressible desire to be free, to live his own life.

This book group meets monthly to discuss short works of fiction. Just buy the book at Everybody Reads (at 10% off) and register for the discussion at the time of purchase. Feel free to bring refreshments on the night; they can provide glasses.

When

Tuesday 8 September 2026, 7pm – 8pm

Tickets

Free, with purchase of the book.

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