Ben’s Book Club

Name: Ben’s Book Club
Start: 2024-02-27T19:30:00+11:00
End: 2024-02-27T20:30:00+11:00
Location: Virtual

Join Ben Hobson in conversation with author Karen Viggers to discuss her fast-paced contemporary novel ‘Sidelines’.

Tuesday February 27th, at 7:30PM AEDT

Ben’s Book Club is a free monthly digital book club hosted by author Ben Hobson – brought to you by OverDrive. Join in on the fourth Tuesday of each month to engage and interact with authors from all genres. During this digital book club, guests will have the opportunity to ask questions, interact with the authors, and enjoy a well-rounded bookish discussion.

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This month’s featured title, ‘Sidelines’, is available to borrow from Libby with no waits or holds, follow the links below to borrow the eBook or eAudiobook.

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About Karen Viggers:

Karen Viggers is a writer, veterinarian, literary critic who loves nature, bushwalking and animals. Her work is set in Australian landscapes and explores dying with dignity, displacement of First Peoples, wildlife conservation and clear-felling of native forests. She is co-host of the Secrets From the Green Room podcast, a literary reviewer, public speaker, and a mother of two.

About ‘Sidelines’:

When a violent brawl erupts at a suburban junior soccer game, some onlookers are shocked. But others saw it coming. Rivalry, parental pressure, coaching bias, inequity, and many other factors have played a part in turning Saturday mornings into a pressure cooker.

Thirteen-year-old Audrey is a talented young football player. But does she want to play for Australia or does she just want to please her father, Ben, whose own thwarted sporting career looms large in his ambitions for his daughter? Audrey’s mother, Jonica, doesn’t know whether to be more concerned about her anxious daughter, her overbearing husband, or the only other girl on the team, Katerina, who is causing trouble on and off the field. And Katerina’s mother, Carmen, is so busy looking for opportunities to give Katerina more game time that she fails to notice what is really capturing her daughter’s attention.

When Griffin, a naturally gifted player with spectacular skills, arrives, the tension within the team reaches boiling point. But who is going to crack first – the parents or the players?