{"id":5429,"date":"2024-06-23T18:16:16","date_gmt":"2024-06-23T17:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/stourbridge\/?p=5429"},"modified":"2024-06-23T18:16:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T17:16:16","slug":"our-book-for-julys-virtual-book-club-wednesday-july-31st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/stourbridge\/2024\/06\/23\/our-book-for-julys-virtual-book-club-wednesday-july-31st\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Book For July&#8217;s Virtual Book Club &#8211; Wednesday July 31st"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You are welcome to join us for a chat via zoom at 19:30 where we will discuss this months book. Here is what GoodReads had to say about it;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5428\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5428\" style=\"width: 192px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/stourbridge\/files\/2024\/06\/th.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5428 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/stourbridge\/files\/2024\/06\/th-192x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/stourbridge\/files\/2024\/06\/th-192x300.jpeg 192w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/stourbridge\/files\/2024\/06\/th.jpeg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this magnificent novel captures all the cruelty and corruption, dignity and heroism, of India. The time is 1975. The place is an unnamed city by the sea. 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