The World’s Biggest, best and barmiest feminist book club.

Welcome to JKR’s Barmy Book Army

We don’t burn books. We think books light up the world. And we know you do, too. We are gender-critical women who read, think, talk, and support each other.

We read critically and we read for pleasure, and we think both are needed in this complex world.

How does it work?

 

  • We focus on different texts every meeting. Many will be female focused and feminist in nature. The title will be selected by the Director of Sorcery, and coordinated with other chapters of JKR’s Barmy Book Army.

  • We aim to meet every 5-6 weeks, which allows enough time for everyone to finish the selected book.

  • We let all approved members know in advance the date, time and location for each meeting.

 

June Book Selection

(This month’s ‘pleasure read’ is courtsey of Joanna Cherry - QC and MP)

‘The Sea, the sea’ - by iris murdoch

 

Synopsis

When Charles Arrowby retires from his glittering career in the London theatre, he buys a remote house on the rocks by the sea. He hopes to escape from his tumultuous love affairs but unexpectedly bumps into his childhood sweetheart and sets his heart on destroying her marriage. His equilibrium is further disturbed when his friends all decide to come and keep him company and Charles finds his seaside idyll severely threatened by his obsessions.

English

560 Pages (dependent on edition)

Available on paperback, hardback, audio, kindle, and from your local library.



About the Author

Dame Jean Iris Murdoch (1919-1999)

Irish-born British writer, university lecturer and prolific and highly professional novelist, Iris Murdoch dealt with everyday ethical or moral issues, sometimes in the light of myths. As a writer, she was a perfectionist who did not allow editors to change her text. Murdoch produced 26 novels in 40 years, the last written while she was suffering from Alzheimer disease.