Book Club
Sweet Tease Book Clubs
MAY 2026
Novel Tea Book Club
Short-Listed for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction
Named a Top 10 Best Book of the Year by The Wall Street Journal
Named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus and Chicago Public Library
“The Sun Walks Down” is the book I’m always longing to find: brilliant, fresh, and compulsively readable. It is marvelous. I loved it start to finish.” ―Ann Patchett, author of The Dutch House
Fiona McFarlane’s blazingly brilliant new novel, The Sun Walks Down, tells the many-voiced, many-sided story of a boy lost in colonial Australia.
In September 1883, a small town in the South Australian outback huddles under strange, vivid sunsets. Six-year-old Denny Wallace has gone missing during a dust storm, and the entire community is caught up in the search for him. As they scour the desert and mountains for the lost child, the residents of Fairly―newlyweds, farmers, mothers, Indigenous trackers, cameleers, children, artists, schoolteachers, widows, maids, policemen―confront their relationships, both with one another and with the landscape they inhabit.
The colonial Australia of The Sun Walks Down is noisy with opinions, arguments, longings, and terrors. It’s haunted by many gods―the sun among them, rising and falling on each day in which Denny could be found, or lost forever.
Told in many ways and by many voices, Fiona McFarlane’s new novel pulses with love, art, and the unbearable divine. It arrives like a vision, mythic and bright with meaning.
Register for Book club May 14, 2026
On-line Registration for May 14, 2026 click here Space is limited and prepaid registration is required. The link will close 24 hours before the book club session. If you have any questions or are experiencing any issues, please call the store at 732-722-8030
Sweet Tease Book Clubs
Join us on a journey through our World of Tea as we combine a traditional book club with a Tea of the Month Club!
EACH MONTH WILL INCLUDE:
A book club meeting at Sweet Tease with sessions either at 9 AM or 6:30 PM (your choice) on the 2nd Thursday of the month to discuss our book, sample teas, and food pairings relevant to the chosen book.
A 1 oz. bag of tea from our tasting to take home and enjoy at your leisure.
A passport stamp in your Sweet Tease Passport to collect and use towards Sweet Tease Rewards. Three Stamps and you can come in for a Cream Tea ($10 value). More Rewards are to be announced. $25 per person
2026 Preview
June “The Lion Women of Tehran” by Marjan Kamali
July “The Woman in the White Kimono” by Ana Johns
August “The Elephant Keepers Daughter” by Julia Drosten
September “The Mountains Sing” by Nguygen Phan Que Mai
October “The Henna Artist” By Alka Joshi
November “ Salt Houses” by Hala Alyan
December “The Herbalist” by Heather Morrison-Tapley
Book Club comes to you
Do you have a book club or would like to? If you have a minimum of 10 participants we can host book club at your location or ours at a day and time convenient for you. We run the discussion and provide the tea tasting and food pairings. For more information please contact us at info@sweetteasetearoom.com
