Acts of Desperation: A Casual Readers Club Discussion
โ๐๐ช๐ผ๐พ๐ช๐ต ๐ก๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ ๐๐ธ๐ธ๐ด ๐๐ต๐พ๐ซ our November book club pick is Act of Desperation by Megan Nolan ๐
โI wanted to discuss something yearny and messy, so my cool author friend suggested this and then you voted for it, so weโre running with it. PLUS itโs in keeping with the rest of our November event programme which weโll be announcing sharpish and I love SYNERGY. So, let's get into it.
โLove was the final consolation, would set ablaze the fields of my life in one go, leaving nothing behind. I thought of it as a force which would clean me and by its presence make me worthy of it. There was no religion in my life after early childhood and a great faith in love was what I had cultivated instead. Oh, don't laugh at me for this, for being a woman who says this to you. I hear myself speak.
โEven now, even after all that took place between us, I can still feel how moved I am by him. Ciaran was that downy, darkening blond of a baby just leaving its infancy. He was the most beautiful man I had ever seen. None of it mattered in the end; what he looked like, who he was, the things he would do to me. To make a beautiful man love and live with me had seemed - obviously, intuitively - the entire point of life. My need was greater than reality, stronger than the truth, more savage than either of us would eventually bear. How could it be true that a woman like me could need a man's love to feel like a person, to feel that I was worthy of life? And what would happen when I finally wore him down and took it?
โ๐๏ธThe ticket price includes ~ access to the discussion and light refreshments.
โ๐You can order your copy of the book from a retailer of your choice, bonus points if you get it from an independent bookshop.
โ๐๐ฝRespectfully, tickets are non-refundable and go towards organisational and facilitation costs. Please bear this in mind before purchasing.
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