Book Club

 

Members Only Meet-Up

Where are our friends who love to read? Or maybe you’ve made a promise to read more in the new year?

Either way, we’ve got you covered with our VIRTUAL book club!

At the beginning of the month, the ladies will either select a read based on member suggestions and meet virtually at the end of the month to discuss!

Our club is lead by Lynise Jackson and Liz Taylor.

& this months read is ” We are not like them” 

 

GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK

Named a Best Book Pick of 2021 by Harper’s Bazaar and Real Simple

Named a Most Anticipated Book of Fall by PeopleEssenceNew York PostPopSugar, New York NewsdayEntertainment WeeklyTown & CountryBustleFortune, and Book Riot

Told from alternating perspectives, an evocative and riveting novel about the lifelong bond between two women, one Black and one white, whose friendship is indelibly altered by a tragic event—a powerful and poignant exploration of race in America today and its devastating impact on ordinary lives.

Jen and Riley have been best friends since kindergarten. As adults, they remain as close as sisters, though their lives have taken different directions. Jen married young, and after years of trying, is finally pregnant. Riley pursued her childhood dream of becoming a television journalist and is poised to become one of the first Black female anchors of the top news channel in their hometown of Philadelphia.

But the deep bond they share is severely tested when Jen’s husband, a city police officer, is involved in the shooting of an unarmed Black teenager. Six months pregnant, Jen is in freefall as her future, her husband’s freedom, and her friendship with Riley are thrown into uncertainty. Covering this career-making story, Riley wrestles with the implications of this tragic incident for her Black community, her ambitions, and her relationship with her lifelong friend.

Like Tayari Jones’s An American Marriage and Jodi Picoult’s Small Great ThingsWe Are Not Like Them explores complex questions of race and how they pervade and shape our most intimate spaces in a deeply divided world. But at its heart, it’s a story of enduring friendship—a love that defies the odds even as it faces its most difficult challenges.

Date

Jan 28 2022
Expired!

Time

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Labels

Charlotte,
DC,
Houston,
Virtual
Virtual

Location

Virtual

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