We are delighted to announce that for November’s Text Book Club, we will be discussing Cathedrals by Claudia Pineiro, a moving and gripping novel on the brutality of murder, shining a light on modern day Argentina. Pineiro is one of South America’s most loved authors - this novel is a great place to start with her writing, to enter the raw yet beautiful worlds she portrays.

This book contains sensitive subjects. Please check trigger warnings before reading.

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The book club will be held upstairs in our Reading Room at 10am on Sunday 15th November, and is suitable for ages 18+. Tea and coffee will be provided.

About the book -

Lia fled her home after a brutal crime decades ago, but family, and the truth, will never let you go.Thirty years ago, in an empty plot of a quiet neighbourhood, a teenage girl's body was found quartered and burned. The investigation ended with no arrests and her family – middle class, educated, Catholic – quietly disintegrated. Three decades later, the hidden truth comes to light thanks to the father's enduring love for the victim.

That truth will reveal the raw realities lurking behind appearances, the cruelty of those who prioritize obedience and religious fanaticism, the complicity of the fearful and the indifferent, and the loneliness and desperation of those who seek to follow their own path, ignoring the dictates of their elders.Just as she did with Elena Knows and A Little Luck , Claudia Piñeiro delves into family ties, social prejudice, and the ideologies and institutions that affect our inner worlds to deliver a brave, moving novel that strikes at the heart of these private dramas.