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Join us for this month's book club to discuss "Lolly Willowes" by Sylvia Townsend Warner. Hosted by the inimitable Henry Eliot, The Classics Book Club meets on the first Thursday of each month here at Hatchards, Piccadilly. This month's book is: "Lolly Willowes" by Sylvia Townsend Warner. Lolly Willowes, so gentle and accommodating, has depths no one suspects. When she suddenly announces that she is leaving London and moving, alone, to the depths of the countryside, her overbearing relatives are horrified. But Lolly has a greater, far darker calling than family: witchcraft. 'The book I'll be pressing into people's hands forever . . . It tells the story of a woman who rejects the life that society has fixed for her in favour of freedom ... tips suddenly into extraordinary, lucid wildness' Helen Macdonald 'Witty, eerie, tender ... her prose, in its simple, abrupt evocations, has something preternatural about it' John Updike 'A great shout of life and individuality ... an act of defiance that gladdens the soul' Guardian Do join us for what promises to be a fascinating evening of discussion! Tickets include £3 off the purchase of next month's Book Club book.

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