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SUMMARY:Thrilla Killa's Book Club
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DTSTAMP:20260418T151900Z
DTSTART:20260219T233000Z
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LOCATION:Black Dog Wine Co., 7425 Steubenville Pike, Oakdale, PA 15071, Un
 ited States
ROOM: Black Dog Wine Co.
DESCRIPTION:This month's book is The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Brad
 ley.A time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an inge
 nious exploration of the nature of power and the potential for love to cha
 nge it all: Welcome to The Ministry of Time, the exhilarating debut novel 
 by Kaliane Bradley.In the near future, a civil servant is offered the sala
 ry of her dreams and is, shortly afterward, told what project she’ll be 
 working on. A recently established government ministry is gathering “exp
 ats” 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 wor
 king as a “bridge”: living with, assisting, and monitoring the expat k
 nown as “1847” or Commander Graham Gore. As far as history is concerne
 d, 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 su
 ch as “washing machines,” “Spotify,” and “the collapse of the Br
 itish Empire.” But with an appetite for discovery, a seven-a-day cigaret
 te 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 wou
 ld be, at best, a horrifically uncomfortable roommate dynamic, evolves int
 o something much deeper. By the time the true shape of the Ministry’s pr
 oject 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 ho
 w—and whether she believes—what she does next can change the future.An
  exquisitely original and feverishly fun fusion of genres and ideas, The M
 inistry of Time asks: What does it mean to defy history, when history is l
 iving in your house? Kaliane Bradley’s answer is a blazing, unforgettabl
 e testament to what we owe each other in a changing world.
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