

Thu, Feb 29
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WACT Book Club | February
Ashenden, By Somerset Maughan
Time & Location
Feb 29, 2024, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
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About the event
Join us for this month's WACT Book Club! Â Zoom details will sent via email after your regisration. Please don't hesitate to reach out to us at administrator@wactacoma.com if you have any questions. Â We look forward to seeing you there!Â
Ashenden, By Somerset MaughanÂ
When brother and sister Charlie and Ros discover that they have inherited their aunt's grand English country house, they must decide if they should sell it. As they survey the effects of time on the estate's architectural treasures, a narrative spanning two and a half centuries unfolds. We meet those who built the house, lived in it and loved it, worked in it, and those who would subvert it to their own ends. Each chapter is skillfully woven into the others so that the storylines of the upstairs and downstairs characters and their relatives and descendants intertwine to make a rich tapestry. A beautifully written novel full of humor, heart, and poignancy, Ashenden is an evocative portrait of a house that becomes a character as compelling as the people who inhabit it.