TBTBC Discusses Private Rites
Schedule
Tue Jul 28 2026 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
978 Broad Street, Augusta, GA, United States, Georgia 30901 | Augusta, GA
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Every last Tuesday of the month, we'll discuss a novel together in person at the shop. No themes, few rules, just good ol' fashioned literary discussion. BYOB or enjoy a delicious beverage from our cooler.CURRENT MEETING DETAILS:
July 28th at 7pm
at The Book Tavern
This month we'll be discussing Private Rites by Julia Armfield
A NEW YORK TIMES Editors' Choice!
From the BELOVED, AWARD-WINNING author of Our Wives Under the Sea, a speculative reimagining of King Lear, centering three sisters navigating queer love and loss in a drowning world
“One of my FAVORITE NOVELS of the past few years.” —Jeff VanderMeer, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING author of Annihilation
It’s been raining for a long time now, so long that the land has reshaped itself and old rituals and religions are creeping back into practice. Sisters Isla, Irene, and Agnes have not spoken in some time when their father, an architect as cruel as he was revered, dies. His death offers an opportunity for the sisters to come together in a new way. In the grand glass house they grew up in, their father’s most famous creation, the sisters sort through the secrets and memories he left behind, until their fragile bond is shattered by a revelation in his will.
The sisters are more estranged than ever, and their lives spin out of control: Irene’s relationship is straining at the seams, Isla’s ex-wife keeps calling, and cynical Agnes is falling in love for the first time. But something even more sinister might be unfolding, something related to their mother’s long-ago disappearance and the strangers who have always seemed unusually interested in the sisters’ lives. Soon, it becomes clear that the sisters have been chosen for a very particular purpose, one with shattering implications for their family and their imperiled world.
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UPCOMING SELECTION:
July (7/28): Private Rites by Julia Armfield
Recommended Additional Reading: King Lear by Shakespeare
August (8/25): Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell
September (9/29): Audition by Katie Kitamura
October (10/27): What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
Recommended Additional Reading: Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
November (11/24): Gliff by Ali Smith
December and January (1/26): Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Free & open to the public. Every last Tuesday of the month (for now). Join our TBTBC Facebook group or email [email protected] to opt-in to our book club email list.
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978 Broad Street, Augusta, GA, United States, Georgia 30901Event Location & Nearby Stays:
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