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A book club dedicated to discussing books by black authors. Join us on the 3rd Saturday of each month. Please contact asipple-mcgraw@lexpublib.org for a reserved library copy of the featured title.
Join us this month to discuss Sula by Toni Morrison. Light snacks and beverages will be provided.
Please contact asipple-mcgraw@lexpublib.org or stop by the Eastside Circulation Desk for a copy of the book.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Toni Morrison’s second and timeless novel, Sula.
Another of Morrion’s marvels, this story digs into all the emotional touchpoints of friendship, love, and societal roles. It’s the tale of two lifelong best friends and how far they’ll go to repair what is thought lost.
Sula and Nel are born in the Bottom—a small town at the top of a hill. Sula is wild, and daring; she does what she wants, while Nel is well-mannered, a mamma’s girl with a questioning heart. Growing up they forge a bond stronger than anything, stronger even than the dark secret they have to bear. Strong enough, it seems, to last a lifetime—until, decades later, as the girls become women, Sula’s anarchy leads to a betrayal that may be beyond forgiveness.
One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years
Masterful, richly textured, bittersweet, and vital, Sula is a modern masterpiece about love and kinship, about living in an America birthed from slavery. Nobel Prize laureate Toni Morrison gives life to characters who struggle with what society tells them to be, and the love they long for and crave as Black women. Most of all, they ask: When can we let go? What must we hold back? And just how much can be shared in a friendship?
One of the greatest writers of our time, Toni Morrison was a prolific novelist, essayist, and editor who wrote 11 novels and several essays. She received the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and in 1993 the Nobel Prize in Literature. Discover her beloved fiction and nonfiction works that have touched readers around the world.
| Mon, Dec 16 | 9:30AM to 7:00PM |
| Tue, Dec 17 | 9:30AM to 7:00PM |
| Wed, Dec 18 | 9:30AM to 7:00PM |
| Thu, Dec 19 | 9:30AM to 7:00PM |
| Fri, Dec 20 | 9:30AM to 6:00PM |
| Sat, Dec 21 | 9:30AM to 5:00PM |
| Sun, Dec 22 | 1:00PM to 5:00PM |
The Eastside Branch is located near the intersection of Man 'o War Boulevard and Palumbo Drive.
