Five Leaves Irish Book Group Discusses the Heather Blazing by Colm Tóibín

Our book group is open to all. Attend every meeting, occasionally or just once in your life. All we ask is that you read the book in advance and take part in the discussion. There’s a short introduction by a member of staff, a group regular, or someone we know with a special interest in the book in question.

This month we will be discussing The Heather Blazing by Colm Tóibín. 

Colm Tóibín’s The Heather Blazing details the life of Eamon Redmond, a judge in Ireland’s high court, a man remote from his wife, his son and daughter and, at least outwardly, from his own childhood.

The life he has built for himself, between his work in Dublin and his family’s retreat by the sea at Cush, is distinguished by order and by achievement. When, like his beloved coastline, it begins to slip away, he is pulled sharply into the present – and finds himself revisiting his past.

Refreshments provided

Our book groups – Fiction (monthly), Irish book club (monthly), Pagan (bi-monthly) & Non-Fiction (roughly quarterly)