Vincent is the beautiful bartender at the exclusive Hotel Caiette.
When New York financier Jonathan Alkaitis walks into the hotel and
hands her his card, it is the beginning of their life together.
That same night, a hooded figure scrawls a note on the windowed wall
of the hotel: “Why don't you swallow broken glass.” Leon Prevant, a
shipping executive, sees the note from the hotel bar and is shaken to
his core.
When Alkaitis's investment fund is revealed to be a Ponzi scheme, Leon
loses his retirement savings in the fallout, but Vincent seemingly
walks away unscathed. Until, a decade later, she disappears from the
deck of one of Leon's ships ...
This week's book is The Glass Hotel by Emily St John Mandel and we'll not be meeting at The Fletcher Moss on William Street in Didsbury but will be meeting online — contact us for details.