The Names - Mondays or Wednesdays from 12th/14th January

Read and discuss this emotional, gripping novel of the consequences and possibilities given to us with the gift of a name 

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 compelling themes of family, choice, and the consequences of decisions
• Be corrected by an expert English teacher to remove errors and mistakes

Practise and develop your English online in this 7 week English book club course reading and discussing Florence Knapp's debut novel The Names. 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

The Names is a much talked about debut with an unusual structure; the story of three names, three versions of a life, and the differing consequences that follow one decision.

It is 1987 and Cora and her nine-year-old daughter go to register the birth of her son. Will she name the baby after her domineering husband Gordon, following his family tradition?  Or should she call him Bear, a name chosen by his sister?  Or he is Julian, Cora's choice, thinking it will help him to become his own person?

This is the story of three names, and three versions of a life, and of the consequences that a single decision can cause.

CHOSEN AS A SUNDAY TIMES, DAILY MAIL, and EVENING STANDARD BOOK OF 2025

'I've just been blown away by the best debut novel in years . . . A genius idea for a book'
Sunday Times

'Wildly original and emotionally profound'
Observer

'An unadulterated success: moving, evocative and utterly convincing'
The Times

'Beautifully written, and wise and tender . . . An utter original'
Jojo Moyes