Book Group
Due to Covid-19, the Sitting Room Book Group continues its meeting via Zoom
All welcome to participate. To get the Zoom invite, write to Joann Borri, joannborri@gmail.com
The Book Group meets on the third Wednesday of the month - January through November.
Meetings are from 2:30 - 4:00 pm PST
All welcome to participate. To get the Zoom invite, write to Joann Borri, joannborri@gmail.com
The Book Group meets on the third Wednesday of the month - January through November.
Meetings are from 2:30 - 4:00 pm PST
July 20, 2022
Passing by Nella Larsen. Discussion facilitated by Sheila Bare.
Passing is a story about two biracial women navigating life with the privilege of “passing” as White. Larsen calls into question the very nature of such concepts and their intersections: how identity shapes the experiences of individuals, and how those individuals shape those identities in turn.
August 17, 2022
A Parchment of Leaves by Silas House. Discussion facilitated by Nancy Long.
A Parchment of Leaves, set in 1917 tells the story of Vine, a Cherokee woman who marries a white man, forsaking her family and their homeland to settle in with his people and make a home in the heart of the mountains. In the violent turn of events that ensues, Vine learns what it means to forgive others and, most important, how to forgive herself.
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
Some Tame Gazelle by Barbara Pym. Discussion facilitated by Leslie McLean.
Together yet alone, the Misses Bede occupy the central crossroads of parish life. Into their quiet, comfortable lives comes a famous librarian, Nathaniel Mold, and a bishop from Africa, Theodore Grote - who each takes to calling on the sisters for rather unsettling reasons.
OCTOBER 19, 2022 – TBD
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson. Discussion facilitated by Linda Lampson.
Red at the Bone begins 80 years to the day of the Tulsa Massacre, inside the Brooklyn Brownstone home of Melody’s grandparents. It is Melody’s 16th birthday party, the house is filled with friends and family, and the narrative jumps between Melody, her parents Iris and Aubrey, and her grandparents Sabe and Po’Boy as they offer poetic vignettes from their lives, each contributing to the realization of this moment.
