Social Sauna Book Club – Nomadic Sauna – January

We believe time spent simply sitting, talking, and connecting with people; sharing a book, a story and discussing your favourite characters with little distraction increases our happiness and emotional health. Add a sauna, that’s where the magic happens

For January Chapter 34 presents Social Sauna Book Club with Frode Grytten’s ‘The Ferryman & His Wife’

Frode Grytten’s The Ferryman & His Wife is a quiet, haunting meditation on love, labor, and the rhythms of a life shaped by repetition. With spare, lyrical prose, Grytten turns the daily crossings of a ferryman and the steadfast presence of his wife into something mythic, where routine becomes ritual and silence carries as much weight as speech. The novel’s power lies in its restraint: emotions are understated, yet deeply felt, and the landscape—both physical and emotional—feels inseparable from the characters’ inner lives. It’s a small book with a lingering afterlife, one that invites the reader to slow down and listen closely to what endures between people over time.

Books can be collected from Chapter 34 Book Shop in Shoreham By Sea or delivered to your door. Just email to let me know which option you’d prefer.