This month we will be reading The Surgeon of Crowthorne by Simon Winchester. It is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces into his busiest season. As he does the rounds, he feels the past rising up to meet him - and encounters the complicit silences of a people controlled by the Church. Book Availability BCC Library - there is a long wait list so you may not receive the book in time if you put it on hold. Dymocks - $22.99 Amazon Kindle - $10.44