Date/Time
Date(s) - 02/25/2019
5:30 pm - 7:15 pm
Location
Branches Books & Gifts
Categories
Please join us on Monday, February 25 at 5:30 PM for the Freedom Readers Book Club meeting. The February selection is LaRose by Louise Erdrich.
ABOUT THE FEBRUARY SELECTION:
North Dakota, late summer, 1999. Landreaux Iron stalks a deer along the edge of the property bordering his own. He shoots with easy confidence–but when the buck springs away, Landreaux understands he’s hit something else. When he staggers closer, he sees he has killed his neighbor’s five-year-old son, Dusty Ravich.
The youngest child of his best friend, Pete Ravich, Dusty was best friends with Landreaux’s five-year-old son, LaRose. Horrified at what he’s done, the recovered alcoholic turns to tradition–the sweat lodge–for guidance, and finds a way forward. Following an ancient means of retribution, he and Emmaline will give LaRose to the grieving Peter and Nola.
LaRose is quickly absorbed into his new family. Plagued by thoughts of suicide, Nola dotes on him, keeping her darkness at bay. Gradually he is allowed shared visits with his birth family, whose sorrow mirrors the Raviches’ own. As the years pass, LaRose becomes the linchpin linking the Irons and the Raviches, and eventually their mutual pain begins to heal.
But when a vengeful man with a long-standing grudge against Landreaux begins raising trouble, he threatens the tenuous peace that has kept these two fragile families whole.
This book club is open to the public and will concentrate on fiction and non-fiction titles based around political or current cultural themes. We invite healthy debate and discussion! Topics & opinions discussed do not necessarily reflect Branches Books & Gifts employees viewpoints. Please call (559) 641-2019 or email anne@branchesbooks.com for more information.
UPCOMING BOOK CLUB SELECTIONS:
Monday, March 25th: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Monday, April 22nd: The Radium Girls: The Dark History of America’s Shining Women – Kate Moore
May 20th – There, There – Tommy Orange
June 24th – The House of Broken Angels – Luis Alberto Urrea
July 22nd – Crazy Brave – Joy Harjo
August 26th – The Sun Does Shine – Anthony Ray Hinton
September 23rd – Unbowed – Wangari Maatha
October 28th – Unsheltered – Barbara Kingsolver
November 25th – Sapiens – Yuval Noah Harari
