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Fantasy Book Discussion

"The Ministry of Time" by Kaliane Bradley

2025-08-12 18:30:00 2025-08-12 19:30:00 America/New_York Fantasy Book Discussion This month's fantasy book selection is "The Ministry of Time" by Kaliane Bradley. It will be hosted at the Bridgewater Library branch and also on Zoom. It will be moderated by Carol Polhemus. Bridgewater branch - Frances Greany Learning Garden

Tuesday, August 12
6:30pm - 7:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-08-12 18:30:00 2025-08-12 19:30:00 America/New_York Fantasy Book Discussion This month's fantasy book selection is "The Ministry of Time" by Kaliane Bradley. It will be hosted at the Bridgewater Library branch and also on Zoom. It will be moderated by Carol Polhemus. Bridgewater branch - Frances Greany Learning Garden

Bridgewater branch

Frances Greany Learning Garden

This month's fantasy book selection is "The Ministry of Time" by Kaliane Bradley. It will be hosted at the Bridgewater Library branch and also on Zoom. It will be moderated by Carol Polhemus.

This is a hybrid program – attendees are welcome to join in-person or participate virtually via Zoom.

* Use this link to join virtually: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86829233447

Meeting ID: 868 2923 3447

New book discussion participants are always welcome.

In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and is, shortly afterward, told what project she'll be working on. A recently established government ministry is gathering "expats" from across history to establish whether time travel is feasible - for the body, but also for the fabric of space-time. She is tasked with working as a "bridge" - living with, assisting, and monitoring the expat known as "1847" or Commander Graham Gore. As far as history is concerned, Commander Gore died on Sir John Franklin's doomed 1845 expedition to the Arctic, so he's a little disoriented to be living with an unmarried woman who regularly shows her calves, surrounded by outlandish concepts such as "washing machines," "Spotify," and "the collapse of the British Empire." But with an appetite for discovery, a seven-a-day cigarette habit, and the support of a charming and chaotic cast of fellow expats, he soon adjusts. Over the next year, what the bridge initially thought would be, at best, a horrifically uncomfortable roommate dynamic, evolves into something much deeper. By the time the true shape of the Ministry's project comes to light, the bridge has fallen haphazardly, fervently in love, with consequences she never could have imagined. Forced to confront the choices that brought them together, the bridge must finally reckon with how (and whether she believes) what she does next can change the future. An exquisitely original and feverishly fun fusion of genres and ideas, "The Ministry of Time" asks: "What does it mean to defy history, when history is living in your house?" 

AGE GROUP: | Adult |

EVENT TYPE: | Book Discussion |

TAGS: | #bookdiscussion | #Book Discussion | #book club |

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