Shelf Life Book Club: Easy Beauty by CC Jones | Weds 24th April

A casual, friendly book club where we discuss this month's book, hosted by Rosie from Shelf Life Books and Zines.

Our next meeting will be held in the back seating area (indoors, by HATW/Vin Van Cymru) and we'll be discussing Easy Beauty by Chloe Cooper Jones. Here's the blurb:

Born with sacral agenesis, a visible congenital disability that affects her stature and gait, Chloe Cooper Jones had always found solace in what she thought of as 'the neutral room' - a dissociative space in her mind that offered her solace and self-protection, but also kept her isolated. When she became pregnant (disproving her doctor, who had assumed it impossible), something necessary in her started to crack, forcing her to reckon with her defensive positionality to the world and the people in it. This prompted an odyssey across time and space as Chloe - while at museums, operas, concerts and sporting events, and in the presence of awe-inspiring nature - reconsidered the consciousness-shifting power of beauty.

All attendees will have 15% off the book at Shelf Life and we have paid-forward copies available for anyone who needs one (the solidarity ticket option helps do this). We want our book club to be accessible everyone so please let us know if you have any access needs and we'll do everything we can to accommodate them. If you're nervous about attending  (we get it!) for the first time, feel free to pop into the Corp for a look around beforehand, message for more info about the club/location or drop us a message if you'd like to meet at the bar on your way in.

See you there!