After a long COVID hiatus, we finally held a meeting to discuss The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson. Judy hosted us on her deck on a lovely, breezy evening. What a delight to be able to interact with the book club neighbors again. Annie, Ellen, Jo, Judy, Linda, and Nanc attended.
 |
| Water view from Judy's |
My favorite statements, because they made me think of our country in the year 2021 compared to the 1930s and 1940s.......many things have NOT changed:
The doctor said to Cussy: "...we will learn soon about your family's blood and how we can fix it -------- fix you, my dear."
Cussy's thoughts about herself and the Doctor's comments: "I felt the spark of anger slip behind my eyes, prompting a headache. What I wanted most was to be okay as a Blue. I never understood why other people thought my color, any color, needed fixing."
Cussy's father: "I don't like it," he grumbles. "Those that can't see past a folk's skin color have a hard difference in them. There's a fire in that difference. And when they see you, they'll still see a Blue. No city drug's gonna change small minds, what they think about..."
Queenie Johnson says to Cussy: "Cussy Mary, I've been wanting to apologize for my words back on the trail that day. I had no right telling you how you should feel. No right claiming knowledge on things I could and will never feel. I've never known harm or exile because of my skin. Nor felt the lash of leather whips or angry tongues because of it."
~ Judy Lee
I found the Bookwoman very entertaining and eye opening to the poverty in the Kentucky hills during the 30s and 40s. It was written with so much suspense when the preacher was following Cussy. People so poor they could not even help those they knew were starving.
~ Julie Howard
June 10, 2021 - All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung at Linda's
July 8, 2021 - TBA at Jo's
August 12, 2021 - TBA at TBA
September 9, 2021 - TBA at Nanc's
October 14, 2021 - TBA at Ellen's
November 11, 2021 - TBA at TBA
December 2021 - Christmas party???
January 13, 2022 - TBA at TBA
February 2022 - Attend Library Oscar Nominated Film Series
March 10, 2022 - TBA at Judy's
April 2022 - Community Read at TBA
February 2022 - Attend Library Oscar Nominated Film Series
March 10, 2022 - TBA at Judy's
April 2022 - Community Read at TBA
May 12, 2022 - TBA at Annie's
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo
One of Ours by Willa Cather
May 2019 - The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel
June 2019 - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
July 2019 - The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
August 2019 - Educated by Tara Westover
September 2019 - Heartland by Sarah Smarsh
October 2019 - Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
November 2019 - America's First Daughter by Stephanie Dray
December 2019 - No book - Holiday gathering
January 2020 - The River by Peter Heller
February 2020 - No book. Attended Library Oscar Nominated Film Series.
March 2020 - The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
April 2020 - Finding Gobi by Dion Leonard
May 2020 - A People's History the United States by Howard Zinn
June 2020 - No meeting - COVID-19 delay
July 2020 - Rising out of Hatred by Eli Saslow
August 2020 - The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
September 2020 - This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
October 2020 - The Walls Came Tumbling Down by Henriette Roosenburg
November 2020 - March 2021 - No meetings due to COVID-19
April 2021- The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
No comments:
Post a Comment