“Drift” by Caryl Lewis
“Drift” by Caryl Lewis
Why do people join Book Clubs? To widen their reading choices and read new genres? To have interesting, challenging or informative discussions about books? To sit in comfortable surroundings and socialise? To eat delicious cakes? If so, all boxes were ticked at the latest meeting of the Page Turners at May’s house.
The book choice was, Drift, a winner of the Welsh Book of the year, by Welsh author, Caryl Lewis. This was her first book written in English; one Page Turner who is a fluent Welsh speaker believed her Welsh language novels were more accomplished.
Drift is based in Wales, and has a cast of Welsh characters and a prisoner in the local army camp from war-torn Syria. Drift is described as a love story with a difference, a hypnotic tale of lost identity, the quest for home and the wondrous resilience of the human spirit.
Most Page Turners agreed it was written very well with beautiful language and vivid descriptions of the sea and Welsh coastline. Some enjoyed the magical, mystical aspects of the story and became immersed in the story and the characters. Others found it confusing and didn’t like the descriptions of war, torture and conflict. Some found the ending confusing and there was some discussion about what happened…or didn’t happen.
Scores ranged from 10 to 5, with an average of 7.5. Is it a book for you? It’s different…give it a try. Everybody agreed that May’s lemon cake was worth a 10!!