September Discussion: All the White Spaces 9/22

[Shashank]

For the next meeting, we will discuss All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes


When:
Sunday, September 22, 2024
11:30 AM to 1:30 PM CDT

Where:
Whole Foods Market Preston Forest
11700 Preston Rd. · Dallas, TX
We'll be upstairs with at least one copy of the book.


In the wake of the First World War, Jonathan Morgan stows away on an Antarctic expedition, determined to find his rightful place in the world of men. Aboard the expeditionary ship of his hero, the world-famous explorer James “Australis” Randall, Jonathan may live as his true self—and true gender—and have the adventures he has always been denied. But not all is smooth sailing: the war casts its long shadow over them all, and grief, guilt, and mistrust skulk among the explorers.

When disaster strikes in Antarctica’s frozen Weddell Sea, the men must take to the land and overwinter somewhere which immediately seems both eerie and wrong; a place not marked on any of their part-drawn maps of the vast white continent. Now completely isolated, Randall’s expedition has no ability to contact the outside world. And no one is coming to rescue them.

In the freezing darkness of the Polar night, where the aurora creeps across the sky, something terrible has been waiting to lure them out into its deadly landscape...

As the harsh Antarctic winter descends, this supernatural force will prey on their deepest desires and deepest fears to pick them off one by one. It is up to Jonathan to overcome his own ghosts before he and the expedition are utterly destroyed.

See you there for a good discussion and a refreshing drink!

[Shashank]

The other book nominated was :
Still As Bright: An Illuminating History of the Moon, from Antiquity to Tomorrow