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February Book Club



The Water Dancer

by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates Wins National Book Award - The New York Times

Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage. When his mother was sold away, Hiram was robbed of all memory of her—but was gifted with a mysterious power. Years later, when Hiram almost drowns in a river, that same power saves his life. This brush with death births an urgency in Hiram and a daring scheme: to escape from the only home he’s ever known.

So begins an unexpected journey that takes Hiram from the corrupt grandeur of Virginia’s proud plantations to desperate guerrilla cells in the wilderness, from the coffin of the Deep South to dangerously idealistic movements in the North. Even as he’s enlisted in the underground war between slavers and the enslaved, Hiram’s resolve to rescue the family he left behind endures.

This is the dramatic story of an atrocity inflicted on generations of women, men, and children—the violent and capricious separation of families—and the war they waged to simply make lives with the people they loved.

~ Goodreads



For more information contact
Maureen Kinney at:
kinneymaureen6@gmail.com


When:
Monday, February 26, 2024, 6:30 PM until 8:00 PM Central Time (US & Canada) (UTC-06:00)
Where:
RiverPlace Apartments meeting room
1 Riverplace Dr.
La Crosse, WI  54601
Additional Info:
Category:
Book Club
Registration is recommended
Payment In Full In Advance Only
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