Holcombe Brook and Summerseat WI

The book club met in July to discuss The Crane Wife by Patrick Ness. The book had a very respectable score of 3.5 out of 5 from Goodreads and the synopsis sounded promising: 'The extraordinary happens every day... One night, George Duncan - decent man, a good man - is woken by a noise in his garden. Impossibly, a great white crane has tumbled to earth, shot through its wing by an arrow. Unexpectedly moved, George helps the bird, and from the moment he watches it fly off, his life is transformed. The next day, a kind but enigmatic woman walks into George's shop. Suddenly a new world opens up for George, and one night she starts to tell him the most extraordinary story. Wise, romantic, magical and funny, The Crane Wife is a hymn to the creative imagination and a celebration of the disruptive and redemptive power of love.' Unfortunately though, the novel didn't fare well with our readers! Some members liked the folk tale aspect of the novel b

Some members of the craft group have been busily knitting squares to create a 'Linus quilt' for the forthcoming LFWI County Show at Garstang. All quilts entered for the show will be donated to the Project Linus charity which 'aims to provide a sense of security and comfort to sick and traumatised babies, children and teenages through the provision of new homemade patchwork quilts and knitted/crocheted blankets'.