Books in the Brewery Maylands - July: Thanks For Having Me by Emma Darragh
Books in the Brewery is a free casual book club. In July we discuss Thanks For Having Me by Emma Darragh
Date and time
Location
The Seasonal Brewing Co.
175 Guildford Road Maylands, WA 6051 AustraliaAbout this event
- 1 hour 30 minutes
Book of the Month: Thanks For Having Me by Emma Darragh
Books in the Brewery is a free casual event combining great beer with good chat and an Aussie novel. Readers and drinkers are invited to take part in a guided conversation with our resident host.
Maylands meetings will be held at 6pm on the second Monday of the month.
Adult readers of all experience are invited to think and talk about books in a safe and encouraging space. Expect to be discussing books from both award-winning Australian authors and new voices from around the country.
About the book: Interwoven stories about three generations of women in one family.
Mary Anne is painfully aware that she's not a good wife and not a good mother, and is slowly realising that she no longer wants to play either of those roles. One morning, she walks out of the family home in Wollongong, leaving her husband and teenage daughters behind. Wounded by her mother's abandonment, adolescent Vivian searches for meaning everywhere: true crime, boys' bedrooms, Dolly magazine, a six-pack of beer. But when Vivian grows up and finds herself unhappily married and miserable in motherhood, she too sees no choice but to start over. Her daughter Evie is left reeling, and wonders what she could have done to make her mother stay.
Emma Darragh's unflinching, tender and darkly funny debut explores what we give to our families and what we take from them—whether we mean to or not. The stories in Thanks for Having Me are like a shoebox full of old photos: they aren't in chronological order and few are labelled. Looking at a family this way reveals things we don't see when these moments are neatly organised. Except that within these pages are a few moments you wouldn't want to hold up to the light.
Frequently asked questions
With great power comes great responsibility. We look for a variety of Australian literary fiction published in the last 18 months, probably not from the usual suspects. Must also be available as an audiobook and should be stocked by public libraries in WA.
No. Whilst it’s always great for authors when somebody buys their book, Books in the Brewery encourages you to access the book in any way that suits. Why not get it via Audible, go to your local library, borrow it from your gran, steal it from somebody on the train. OK please don’t steal it.
Every book club can be unique, at Books in the Brewery our host will be on hand to greet you and guide you through the discussion with other attendees. Everyone is encouraged to participate to their own comfort level and nobody is forced to answer any question.
Please do! Some people even feel less inhibited when they don’t know anyone else. Books in the Brewery is a safe and welcoming space for everyone.
This is a free community event. Whilst our venue partners are businesses attendees are under no obligation to buy anything during Books in the Brewery.
Not at all. The venue has alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages to suit all tastes.
98% yes. We really do talk about the book. This includes spoilers. So in order to get the most out of the evening we would love you to have finished as much of the book as possible but even if you abandoned half way come and tell us why you felt that way.
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Books in the Brewery is designed to be a free welcoming, fun and casual community book club for adult readers of all levels of experience.