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Five Leaves’ Book Group discusses The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter

Tuesday, 20th March, 2018    
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Five Leaves Bookshop*
14a Long Row, Nottingham, NG1 2DH
magic toyshop
‘This crazy world whirled about her, men and women dwarfed by toys and puppets, where even the birds were mechanical and the few human figures went masked …She was in the night again, and the doll was herself’ One night Melanie walks through the garden in her mother’s wedding dress. The next morning her world is shattered. Forced to leave her rural home, she is sent to London to live with relatives she has never met: gentle Aunt Margaret, mute since her wedding day; and her brothers, Francie, whose graceful music belies his clumsy nature, and the volatile Finn. Brooding over all is Uncle Philip, who loves only the puppets he creates in his workshop, which are life-sized – and uncannily life-like.
Part of Nottingham Puppet Festival
We don’t mind where you obtain the book, as long as you read it in advance, but we offer 15% off our book group books. Our monthly book group is open and no regular commitment is required.
Free, refreshments provided
Please let us know you are coming on fiveleaves.bookshopevents@gmail.com