The Dubrovnik Book Club - Eva Glyn
Pub. Date: March h8, 2024
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Claire, a UK native staying with family in Dubrovnik, has recovered from long Covid. Her experience with the disease has made her leery of mixing with people in public. She must overcome her fear as she has been hired as the temporary manager of the Welcoming Bookstore. There, she meets co worker Luna who is struggling with coming out in a somewhat non tolerant culture. Their weekly book club at the store includes Karmela, a visiting professor of history doing research. She tends to be a self isolate, an after effect of her experiences when her family fled Sarajevo at the start of the Yugoslav War. Claire also enlists her cousin, Vedran, to help with the club. Vedran is dealing with his own issues, having once been falsely accused of the murder of his girlfriend after she mysteriously disappeared and then the target of vicious social media postings.
Although there is a bit of, as Claire puts it, navel-gazing, the book is beautifully written and an endearing story. Written from the POVs of the four MCs, overlying all the storylines is the beauty that is Dubrovnik along with the pain, tragedy, loss of the War. It is about the bond of friendship and moving forward in life, no matter your adversities.
I have spent time in Dubrovnik; Glyn’s picturesque descriptions of the old city brought it back to life for me. I also appreciated the refresher on some of the background of the city, including its early history as the Republic of Ragusa as well as the Siege of Dubrovnik. It was enough information to be interesting but not weigh down the plot.
Although some of the characters are in an earlier book by Glyn, this is not part of a series.
Thanks to #Netgalley and @harpercollinsUK @onemorechapterHC for the ARC.
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