Books are best when shared! We’ll meet at El Lago Mexican Restaurant in Zion to read some
bestsellers and discover what’s on the next page. Registration is requested.
We’ll discuss Vanessa and Her Sister by Priya Parmar. In
1905, Virginia and Vanessa Stephens and their brothers Thoby and Adrian moved
to unfashionable, bohemian Bloomsbury. All in their twenties, orphaned and
unmarried, they began holding Thursday night gatherings in their unchaperoned,
unconventional drawing room. Most of the young guests in that room would become
famous, breaking the old rules and blazing their own new paths. It is from
Vanessa's point of view at the center of this eccentric, charmed circle of
artists and intellectuals that this novel is told, with unsparing honesty about
their friendships, their love affairs, and in particular her own troubled
relationship with her complicated, brilliant sister Virginia.