The Watermill Book Club – Virginia Ironside

No! I Don’t Need Reading Glasses

A charming mix of love, laughter and revelations

Journalist, agony aunt and author Virginia Ironside will be at The Watermill on Monday 17 March at 1.30pm to talk about the second instalment in the diaries of feisty retired art teacher Marie Sharp.

Grumpy old women meet Bridget Jones in Virginia’s latest funny and touching novel No! I Don’t Need Reading Glasses, a sequel to the best-seller No! I Don’t Want to Join a Bookclub.

Marie may be ‘getting on a bit’ but it’s certainly not getting her down. Having her family around her and a man who loves her means that life is good – but nothing stays the same for long. Determined to conquer the taboos of growing older, Marie’s golden years are filled with as much drama, love, laughter and tears as ever, proving that age is no barrier to behaving disgracefully.

Virginia Ironside has written for publications including the Sunday Telegraph, the Daily Mail, Woman Magazine and the Sunday Mirror. She has also written prolifically as an agony aunt, her long-running column in The Independent celebrated its 20th anniversary last year. She premiered her one-woman show Growing Old Disgracefully at Edinburgh Festival in 2009 before touring the UK.

The Watermill Book Club is open to everyone. Books will be available to buy at the theatre and a book signing will take place after the event.

Tickets: £6

The restaurant will be open and serving lunch before the event from 12 noon.
Reservations are to be made with the Box Office when booking tickets.