We met on Nanc's deck to discuss The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline. The weather was perfect, except for sun shining in some people's eyes at the beginning of the meeting. The book followed the heartbreaking lives of women who faced so many hardships due to the British penal system and colonization of Australia.
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| September water view from Nanc's |
All of them fused together to give the tree its solid core. Maybe humans are like that, she thought. Maybe the moments that meant something to you and the people you've loved over the years are the rings. Maybe what you thought you'd lost is still there, inside of you, giving you strength. ~ Christina Baker Kline
"Every person you've ever cared about, and every place you've ever loved, is one of these shells. You're the thread that ties them together," she'd said, touching Mathinna's cheek. "You carry the people and places you cherish with you. Remember that and you will never be lonely child." ~ Christina Baker Kline
Christina Baker Kline teaches women in prison. This excerpt was in the Acknowledgements at the end of the book.
"When I read aloud a Maya Angelou poem that contains the line, 'You may trod me in the very dirt, but still, like dust, I'll rise,' more than one inmate wept with recognition." ~ Christina Baker Kline
~ Judy Lee
The Big Finish by Brooke Fossey
from homehttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/89682977082) or at the library on Thursday, October 7 at 6:30pm.***
November 11, 2021 - TBA at Christe's
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
June 9, 2022 - TBA at Linda's
July 14, 2022 - TBA at Jo's
August 11, 2022 - TBA at Julie's
September 8, 2022 - TBA at Nanc's
Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel
Deacon King Kong by James McBride
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis
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
May 2021 - Becoming by MIchelle Obama
June 2021 - All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung
July 2021 - One of Ours by Willa Cather
August 2021 - Spiders & Snakes & Rats - Oh My! by Scott Lee
September 2021 - The Exiles by Christina Bake Kline
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