The Pirate Queen Book Club

Thursday, October 22, 10-11 am (sandwich after 11 am). 

Please note, this is a lunch book club

Book clubs are hosted at Novel (before or after hours) and are limited to 12 participants per book club; we love how a smaller group leaves us knowing what everyone loved and didn't love about the book. 

Book club purchases include:

• Book - must be picked up in-store; you'll receive an e-mail notification when we have it ready for you
• Sandwich - served after book club at 11 am
• Beverage - pick during book club

All book club sales are final. Sandwich and beverage must be redeemed during book club.

About the Book:

 A sweeping historical adventure inspired by the life of Grace O’Malley, the legendary Irish folk heroine who risked everything to defend her people. Venture onto the high seas with the thrilling latest from the New York Times bestselling author of The Frozen River and I Was Anastasia.

Grace O’Malley was born to be a sea captain. But despite her natural skill on the water, Grace learns early that her dreams of a life at the helm are not compatible with the expectations of her noble family. As the only daughter of a powerful chieftain, her role is to secure a strong alliance and bear children. But when she’s sent to foster with a nearby clan, Grace falls for a clever and open-minded second son—a man she cannot have.

Married off against her will to a brutal warrior, Grace performs her duty, all the while gathering followers loyal to her, and consolidating her husband’s power, only to be ousted from his lands. But this betrayal offers Grace the opportunity to return to sea, finally leading clan O’Malley’s mighty fleet. Just as she finds true independence, Queen Elizabeth’s incursions into Ireland grow bolder and Grace must fight to defend her land, her ships, and the people she loves most against the cruel and power-hungry English deputies, who will stop at nothing to check her influence.

Keenly observed and fiercely written, Ariel Lawhon’s new action-packed novel channels the untamed beauty and harsh realities of sixteenth-century Ireland, as seen through the eyes of an unforgettable heroine who rightly became “the Pirate Queen of Ireland.”