What better pairing for a great book than a glass of wine? A glass of wine with friends of course!
Last year was such a fun start and launch to The City Scape Book Club that we are carrying it into the New Year!
We’ll be meeting up on the last Thursday of each month to discuss the book of the month over a glass of wine! You can do this as a group of friends reading together or use it as an opportunity to meet some new friends—you know you’ve got at least a love of City Scape in common!
For the March Book Club we will be reading The Correspondent, by Virginia Evans.
“Imagine, the letters one has sent out into the world, the letters received back in turn, are like the pieces of a magnificent puzzle. . . . Isn’t there something wonderful in that, to think that a story of one’s life is preserved in some way, that this very letter may one day mean something, even if it is a very small thing, to someone?”
Filled with knowledge that only comes from a life fully lived, The Correspondent is a gem of a novel about the power of finding solace in literature and connection with people we might never meet in person. It is about the hubris of youth and the wisdom of old age, and the mistakes and acts of kindness that occur during a lifetime.
Sybil Van Antwerp has throughout her life used letters to make sense of the world and her place in it. Most mornings, around half past ten, Sybil sits down to write letters—to her brother, to her best friend, to the president of the university who will not allow her to audit a class she desperately wants to take, to Joan Didion and Larry McMurtry to tell them what she thinks of their latest books, and to one person to whom she writes often yet never sends the letter.
Sybil expects her world to go on as it always has—a mother, grandmother, wife, divorcee, distinguished lawyer, she has lived a very full life. But when letters from someone in her past force her to examine one of the most painful periods of her life, she realizes that the letter she has been writing over the years needs to be read and that she cannot move forward until she finds it in her heart to offer forgiveness.
Sybil Van Antwerp’s life of letters might be “a very small thing,” but she also might be one of the most memorable characters you will ever read.
You can purchase your own copy of the book in hardcover or as an audiobook to listen! We also have an option for us to ship the book directly to you when you sign up!
This will be a perfect place for you to connect with others who love wine and books!
BOOK CLUB MEET UP AT CITY SCAPE
🗓️ Thursday, March 26
🕰️ 12:30-2:00pm & 5:30-7:00pm (Join us for either time that works!)
🍷 $9.95 (plus taxes & gratuity) Includes your first glass of wine at the Book Club Meet Up and reserves your spot! Additional food and wine will be available to purchase on site!