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Discussion at 19:00. Finish approx 20:00.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTickets: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e£5.50 ticket only\u003cbr\u003e£16.99 ticket with We Search the Island for Grace (paperback)\u003cbr\u003e£1 Pay What You Can \u003cbr\u003e(Please only choose the PWYC tickets if you need to, they are limited and intended for those who really need them.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou don't need to bring your ticket with you, we will have a list of names on the door. Books will be available to buy on the night. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE BOOK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe Search the Island for Grace\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey gather at Saints’ Climb, the only house on an island off the Somerset coast. Seven men with nowhere else to be at Christmas. Father and son George and Xavier Starvely; James, a taciturn archaeologist uneasy with the living; Victor, a French widower; Rik, the groundskeeper; and Chris and Nathan, the two men who want to make a documentary about this place and its extraordinary collection of medieval art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd the housekeeper Marianne, who seems to find peace in serving. Erected around the stone labyrinth built into the floor by monks, Saints’ Climb is a house heavy with loneliness. Xavier Starvely is a successful academic with a real life elsewhere.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYet he is wracked with guilt over the fragmentary memories of a childhood tragedy, and when his guests arrive on the island for Christmas, the deaths begin afresh. A labyrinth is different from a maze. 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