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Apr 03

Book Notes 4/3/2023

Posted on April 3, 2023 at 4:39 PM by Genesis Gaule

Blog Book Notes

4/3/2023


Our April Book Club pick is The Measure by Nikki Erklick. Check it out and then join us on Tuesday, April 25 at 6 pm to discuss. More information


The Great Escape by Saket Soni

A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America // In this book Soni traces migrant workers' extraordinary escape from a 21st Century labor camp; their march on foot to Washington, DC; and their 31-day hunger strike to bring attention to their cause.

331.1 SONI


The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

An Indian woman who is rumored to have killed her husband finds a way to make her reputation surprisingly useful, but complications arise when others seek her help in killing their husbands.

SHROFF


Blunt Instruments by Kristin Hass

souls speak

Recognizing Racist Cultural Infrastructure in Memorials, Museums, and Patriotic Practices // Hass explore the complicated histories of sites of cultural infrastructure: memorials in parks, museums visited by school kids, and routine practices of patriotism. She unearths legacies of white supremacy and traces movements to reevaluate and resist countless sites that have been doing this work, and asks that we look for sites that actually work to tell us who we are, how we came to be, and who belongs in the country.

363.69 HASS


Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury

Seventeen-year-old Daisy and her mother move into her deceased uncle's mansion, only to find horrors waiting inside, and ten years later, Brittney investigates the mystery behind the Miracle Mansion that turned her mother's life around.

Young Adult SAMBURY


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