The Book Club – Thursday, 31st August 14:00-15:00

This session of The Book Club will take place on Thursday, 31st August from 2-3pm in store. This month, we are reading The Queens of Sarmiento Park by Camila Sosa Villada! £9.99 is the price of the book and a ticket to the session. The book can be delivered directly to you (please add your shipping address and tick the box for shipping) or you can collect it in store free of charge. You can buy a book and ticket here.

If you already own a copy of the book, you can purchase a ticket only for £3. You can purchase a ticket only here.

For those unable to afford a book or ticket at present, we have a limited amount of complimentary books/tickets. Please contact the bookshop via bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.com or call 07597365380.

One of our booksellers will lead the book club, and the group will be split up into smaller groups to discuss the questions.

We always ask that you are be respectful and kind whilst discussing the book and others’ opinions of it.

About The Queens of Sarmiento Park

Auntie Encarna’s is the queerest boarding house in the world.

For Camila, it is a refuge, and the travesti who gather there are like family. At night they head out to Sarmiento Park to earn money. They stand together in the cold, sharing stories and a hip flask of whiskey, waiting for a car to slow down. Until, one freezing evening, Auntie Encarna hears crying in the bushes and wades in to investigate. When she finds an abandoned baby boy, she will hear no arguments: she is bringing him home to care for him. Life for Camila and the others will never be the same again.