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Bookshop Bookclub: Gaining Ground by Joan Barfoot

Name: Bookshop Bookclub: Gaining Ground by Joan Barfoot
Start: 2026-10-28T18:30:00+00:00
Location: Margate Bookshop

Margate Bookshop · Margate Old Town

When: Last Wednesday of the month; Next: Wed 28 Oct
Time: 6:30pm
Entry: Free

Next dates: Wed 28 Oct · Wed 25 Nov · Wed 30 Dec · Wed 27 Jan

Discussion of 'Gaining Ground' by Joan Barfoot, a 1978 milestone novel of feminist selfhood. It follows Abra, a wife and mother who leaves her family for solitude in a cabin, later confronted by a woman claiming to be her daughter. Held at Fort Road Bar. Book available at The Margate Bookshop with 10% discount. Open to all. Discussion starts 6:45pm.

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Open 10am–5pm on Wed 28 Oct

2 Market Pl, Margate CT9 1ER, UK

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