September Book Club 2026 reads:

Tata by Valerie Perrin

Fiction, hardback, $30

Daytime group meets: Monday, September 14th at 1:00pm

The author of Forgotten on Sunday and Fresh Water for Flowers has a new book!

When Agnes hears from the local police her Aunt Colette has died, she can’t believe her ears.  Her father’s sister Colette, her Tata, died three years ago and has been resting in peace in the cemetery of Gueugnon. 

Agnes is called to identify the body: there is no doubt, it’s Aunt Colette. But then, who rests under the stone engraved with Colette’s name? And why did she fake her own death? So begins an investigation back in time, as Agnes pieces together the multitude of stories that lie behind her aunt's second death.

 “A bewitching novel about found family and the transformative power of love... Perrin has a gift for excavating enchantments from the everyday... Villains lurk [...] but among the magnificent pages of Tata, love—among friends, family members, and parents by proxy—proves more lasting”—Foreword Reviews (starred review)

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