Sips and Stories book club's next meeting where we'll be discussing 'Heart the Lover' by Lily King!

Join us for a sip and a chat at Bar Saint James for October's book club! This month we'll be discussing Heart the Lover by Lily King. This book was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2026 and is described as 'Touching, thoughtful, a deeply affecting love story about time and regret''.

We always aim to create a relaxed, safe and sociable environment at our meetings so don't worry if you didn't finish the book, hated it, or never read it at all! Come along and join our community of like-minded book lovers, we can't wait to see you there!

Heart the Lover by Lily King

Our narrator understands good love stories - their secrets, their highs and free falls. But her greatest love story, the one she lived, never followed the rules.

She was in her senior year of college when star students Sam and Yash swept her into an intoxicating world of academic fervour, rapid-fire banter and raucous card games. Their lives became quickly intertwined - with friendship but also with unpredictable passions and the intimations of first love.

Decades later, she is a successful writer, living a comfortable life with her husband and children, when a surprise visit brings the past crashing into the present, forcing her to confront the decisions and deceptions of her youth.

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