This club is in its sixth year, led by Cindy Wiebe, librarian and bookworm.
Where? We meet at the Beddington Theatre Arts Centre, 2nd Floor Board Room
How to attend? We encourage potential members to attend a few meetings as a guest, to find out more about us.
JOIN AS A GUEST
Ready to join? You are welcome to start anytime through the year. If you are not already a member of the Beddington Heights Community Association, we ask you to become a member for only $20. If you don't live in Beddington, you are still welcome to register for a Friends of Beddington membership.
REGISTER FOR THE BOOK CLUB HERE
April 15 Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh Brideshead Revisited looks back to the golden age before the Second World War. It tells the story of Charles Ryder's infatuation with the Marchmains and the rapidly-disappearing world of privilege they inhabit. Enchanted first by Sebastian at Oxford, then by his doomed Catholic family, in particular his remote sister, Julia, Charles comes finally to recognize only his spiritual and social distance from them. – from Goodreads.com
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May 20 Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is heartbroken, but he is a romantic. As he rises in his business career he whiles away the years in 622 affairs—yet he reserves his heart for Fermina. Her husband dies at last, and Florentino purposefully attends the funeral. Fifty years, nine months, and four days after he first declared his love for Fermina, he will do so again. – from Goodreads.com
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June 17 I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid Jake and a woman known only as The Girlfriend are taking a long drive to meet his parents at their secluded farm. But when Jake takes a sudden detour, leaving The Girlfriend stranded at a deserted high school, the story transforms into a twisted combination of the darkest unease, psychological frailty, and a look into the limitations of solitude. – from LibraryThing.com
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Thank you for joining us at the 2025 Winter Carnival
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