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Book Club - "Pigeon English" by Stephen Kelman, Thursday 8th December at The Old Dairy, 7.30pm

JennyJenny
edited November 2011 in Local discussion
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Arial" size="2">Our December book is: <br></font></span></p><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Arial" size="2">Pigeon</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"> <font face="Arial" size="2">English</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Arial" size="2"> by Stephen Kelman </font></span></p> <p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span></p> <p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-gb"></span><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pigeon-English-Stephen-Kelman/dp/1408810638/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1321620285&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank"><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><u><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pigeon-English-Stephen-Kelman/dp/1408810638/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1321620285&sr=8-1</font></u></span><span lang="en-gb"></span></a><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span></p> <p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Arial" size="2">9</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"> <font face="Arial" size="2">Copies also available</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"> <font face="Arial" size="2">across the Haringey Library service although it seems to be in high demand!</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"> </span></p> <span lang="en-gb"><font face="Arial" size="2">On the Booker shortlist for 2011</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"> <font face="Arial" size="2">–</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"> <font face="Arial" size="2">“</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Newly arrived from Ghana with his mother and older sister, eleven-year-old Harrison Opoku lives on the ninth floor of a block of flats on an inner-city housing estate.</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"> <font face="Verdana" size="2">A story of innocence and experience, hope and harsh reality, Pigeon English is a spellbinding portrayal of a boy balancing on the edge of manhood and of the forces around him that try to shape the way he falls.</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Verdana" size="2">”<br><br>As it's Christmas we should have a bite to eat too! <br><br>All Welcome - it was great to see new and nearly new faces at the November meeting </font></span><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Arial" size="2">and a good evening was had by all!</font></span><br><span lang="en-gb"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><br>Please can this be sticky!<br></font></span>
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