Read and discuss this must-read emotional page turner about a family separated by the Berlin Wall
Highlights
- Join this book club and gain extra motivation to read in English
- 7 hours of live classes to help you develop fluent speaking in English
- Discuss family bonds, the effects of war and communication within families
- Be corrected by an expert English teacher to remove errors and mistakes
Practise and develop your English online in this 7 week upper-intermediate English book club course reading and discussing Josie Ferguson's debut novel The Silence in Between. Each week you read some chapters, discuss them in class and improve specific areas of vocabulary or grammar while also examining literary aspects of the novel. Personalised feedback improves your grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation.
The Book Club book
Set over two time periods – the Second World War and the events in Berlin in 1961 - The Silence in Between examines the unbreakable ties of family, the resilience of women, and what they will do to protect the ones they love.
Lisette is in hospital with her new-born baby boy. The doctors tell her to go home and get some rest, that he’ll be fine. But when she awakes on 13 August 1961, the border between East and West Berlin has closed. Lisette is in the east, while her baby is in the west. But this is not the first time she has lived in a divided city.
Lisette's teenage daughter, Elly, has always struggled to understand the distance between herself and her mother. Can Elly now find a way to reach her mother and bridge the silence?
SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE
ONE OF INDEPENDENT'S BEST HISTORICAL FICTION OF THE YEAR
'An emotionally resonant debut full of music and menace' Mail on Sunday
'A hauntingly beautiful exploration of love, family and societal unrest' Glamour
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Geoff says:
"This novel was recommended to me by one of my students as a gripping, must-read book. And right from the start it grabs you. Unputdownable!"
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| Age | 18+ |
| Class size | Maximum 8 participants |
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