With two young children she adores, loving parents back in London, and an admired husband, Charlie, working at the British
embassy in Washington, the world seems an effervescent place of parties, jazz, and family happiness to Mary van der Linden. But
the Eisenhower years are ending, and 1960 brings the presidential battle between two ambitious senators: John Kennedy and
Richard Nixon. But when Frank, an American newspaper reporter, enters their lives Mary embarks on a passionate affair, all the
while knowing that in the end she must confront an impossible decision.
This week's book is On Green Dolphin Street by Sebastian Faulks and we'll be meeting at Ye Olde Cocke on Wilmslow Road in Didsbury — contact us for details.
