Hello Book Lovers,
Take this opportunity to get the most out of reading! Join a vibrant Book Club that will challenge you to read unique books, and encourage you to consider alternative perspectives.
This Book Clubber Pass will grant you access to weekly Sunday evening (5:30pm AST) Book Club on Zoom.
*THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE A COPY OF THE BOOK*
I encourage you to find a copy of Beautiful Star by Yukio Mishima at your local library, or your favourite second-hand book store. Of course, you can find this publication new from a number of large and small booksellers.
There are limited spaces available 🥰
Yours,
Emma
July 2025 Book Pick:
Beautiful Star by Yukio Mishima
The Osugi family have come to a realisation. Each of them hails from a different planet. Father from Mars, mother from Jupiter, son from Mercury and daughter from Venus. Already seen as oddballs in their small Japanese town in the 1960s, this extra-terrestrial knowledge brings them closer together; they climb mountains to wait for UFOs, study at home together, and regard their human neighbours with a kindly benevolence.
But Father, Juichiro, is worried about the bomb. He writes letters to Krushev, trying to warn everyone he can of the terrible threat. After all, humans may be terribly flawed, but aren't they worth saving? He sends out a coded message in the newspaper to find other aliens. But there are other extra-terrestrials out there, ones who do not look so kindly on the flaws and foibles of humans. And a charming young man, who claims to be from Venus too, tempts the daughter Akiko away from the family...