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Digital Book Club - June 2025

This month’s Digital Book Club title is The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes.

Olwen, Nell, Maeve and Rhona were plunged prematurely into adulthood when their parents died in a tragic twist of fate. Now in their thirties, the sisters barely speak, each too busy carving out impressive careers. But when Olwen - reluctant matriarch, lodestar and, of late, zealous consumer of gin - abruptly disappears, her sisters are cast back together to find her, whether she likes it or not.

When they eventually track Olwen down, in a remote bungalow in rural Ireland, the sisters vie to confront old wounds and diagnose new ills - most urgently, Olwen's.

The Alternatives is available on BorrowBox as an eBook and eAudiobook with no waiting.

Previous titles

May 2025 - The Love Letter by Lucinda Riley
April 2025 - Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
March 2025 - A History of Women in 101 Objects by Annabelle Hirsch
February 2025 - Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart
January 2025 - The Illuminations by Andrew O’Hagan
December 2024 - The Twelve Days of Murder by Andreina Cordani
November 2024 - The Library of Heartbeats by Laura Imai Messina
October 2024 - A house of Ghosts by W.C.Ryan
September 2024 - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
August 2024 - Bad Men by Julie Mae Cohen
July 2024 - Another Life by Kristin Hannah
June 2024 - Big Swiss by Jen Beagin

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Last updated 03 June 2025