The group met to discuss the popular Alexander McCall- Smith’s novel 44 Scotland Street. Personally having just finished the wonderful ‘Freedom’ by Jonathan Franzen; a long, witty and poignant indictment of contemporary American life, the jolt into the trappings of life in an Edinburgh Newtown house made for an interesting contrast. The group was divided in its praise for this book, some enjoying it as an amusing anecdotal read, some finding it rather smug and inconclusive with no real depth or satisfying narrative. We’re all excited about our next read; Andrea Levy’s ‘The Long Song’.
