Lit with Liberate: Neon Roses

Lit with Liberate will meet in April to discuss Neon Roses by Rachel Dawson. Multiple copies are available to borrow, email [email protected] to reserve yours.

Come along for snacks, drinks and book chat in the Linwood Pitts Room on the third floor of the Library. No booking required. If you haven’t read the book but want to come along for a taster of the reading group please do. All welcome. 

ABOUT THE BOOK

Eluned Hughes is stuck. It's 1984 in a valley in south Wales: the miners' strike is ravaging her community; her sister's swanned off with a Thatcherite policeman; and her boyfriend Lloyd keeps bringing up marriage. And if they play '99 Red Balloons' on the radio one more time, she might just lose her mind.

Then the fundraising group Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners comes down from London, and she meets June, a snaggle-toothed blonde in a too-big leather jacket. Suddenly, Eluned isn't stuck any more - she's in freefall.

June's an artist and an activist. With June, Eluned can imagine a completely different life for herself. But as her family struggles with the strike, and her relationship with her sister deteriorates, should she really leave it all behind?