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Great Irish Book Club September
September 7 @ 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Great Irish Book Club September 7
Join us for our September meeting of the Great Irish Book Club at 2PM on Saturday, September 7. We will discuss Paul Murray’s “The Bee Sting.”
Nominated for the prestigious Booker Prize in 2023, “The Bee Sting” tells the story of an Irish family and how ordinary moments can change a life.
The Goodreads description:
“From the author of Skippy Dies comes Paul Murray’s The Bee Sting, an irresistibly funny, wise, and thought-provoking tour de force about family, fortune, and the struggle to be a good person when the world is falling apart.
The Barnes family is in trouble. Dickie’s once-lucrative car business is going under―but rather than face the music, he’s spending his days in the woods, building an apocalypse-proof bunker with a renegade handyman. His wife Imelda is selling off her jewelry on eBay, while their teenage daughter Cass, formerly top of her class, seems determined to binge-drink her way through her final exams. And twelve-year-old PJ is putting the final touches to his grand plan to run away from home.
Where did it all go wrong? A patch of ice on the tarmac, a casual favor to a charming stranger, a bee caught beneath a bridal veil―can a single moment of bad luck change the direction of a life? And if the story has already been written―is there still time to find a happy ending?”
