A review by nothingforpomegranted
The Bordeaux Book Club by Gillian Harvey

emotional inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

This was a very cute novel about a group of ex-pats living in Bordeaux who decide to start an English-language book club to help them all feel a little less alone. Each person is wrestling with their own brand of sadness—a dying mother, a husband who may be having an affair, fertility problems, post-partum depression—and they all feel lost. the class novels they choose to read and discuss bring them together in unexpected and meaningful ways. The entire book was wholesome, and at times, a bit too saccharine, but it was a perfect summer airplane read that went down easy. It reminded me of The Happiness Project, but I liked this one better.