Meadowhead Big Summer Read 2024
Looking for a novel to immerse yourself in this summer?
Join Meadowhead Sixth Formers, parents, teachers and members of the local community in reading Alice Winn's In Memoriam which won Waterstone Book of the Year in 2023. The novel features a love story between two soldiers in World War One and is suitable for 16 years of age and above.
There will be an informal ‘book club’ style discussion about the novel on Tuesday 15th October at 4pm in the Meadowhead school library.
'At once epic and intimate, humorous and profound, a vivid rendering of the madness and legacy of the First World War as seen through the lens of a schoolboy love affair'. Observer |
'A devastating love story between two young men that moves from the sheltered idyll of their public school to the unspeakable horrors of the Western Front' Maggie O'Farrel |
Suitable for aged 16 and above