Contemporary Fiction Book Club: 03/06 A Family Matter by Claire Lynch

Everyone is welcome at our Contemporary Fiction book club, where on the first Wednesday of every month we discuss a recently-published paperback novel. In June, we'll be delving into the Winner of the 2025 Nero Gold Prize Award: A Family Matter by Claire Lynch. Date: Wednesday 3rd of June Venue: Max Minerva's, 47 Henleaze Road, BS9 4JU Time: Doors at 18:30. Discussion at 18:45. Finish at 19:45. Tickets: Attendance for the book club is free, but if you could register your place through the website, it helps us to gauge numbers. If you would like to buy a copy of the book, you can order it through us and show up on the night. ABOUT A Family Matter Winner of the 2025 Nero Gold Prize Book of the Year A mother following her heart. A father with the law on his side. A child caught in the middle. 1982 Dawn is a young wife and mother hemmed in by village life. Then Hazel appears like a torch in the dark. Their attraction is instant and suddenly Dawn’s world is more joyful, and more complicated, than she ever expected. 2022 Maggie has always lived with an absence where her mother should be. Her father never speaks of her and it feels impossible to ask. Then an official letter arrives with news from the past, and Maggie must face a truth far bigger than just her family’s secret.