Dear Bookclub,
Tiring of our current read and feeling sheepish about that, I decided to do a little research into the book. The first google swipe landed me on Jacqueline Woodson's website:
https://www.jacquelinewoodson.com/
(Please, please click on it.)
Back to my lament; "Aha... "brown girl dreaming"! This is a book that has intrigued me for quite some time, given the aclaim. I found it in my library and began a new appreciation for Jacqueline Woodson. She is really one cool writer.
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| Florence Chadwick |
Speaking of cool, The Florence, chosen by Val was a great surprise venue for our February discussion of Jacqueline Woodson's "Red at the Bone". Our new discussion technique was in full force as we rated the novel and gave declarative statements. A great surprise in that Val highly rated the work, keeping us always amazed and guessing at whatever-will-she-come-up-with-next. And she did not disappoint, sharing more incredible stories of her own, validating her vision of appreciation of all the varied characters in Woodson's book. The rest of us, mundane in our experiences and relishing Val's, steadied at a rating of '6', eager for a change of genre.
Val's suggestions for an upcoming read:
"Just Mercy" Bryan Stevenson
"Remembering Shanghai" Isabel Sun Chao and Claire Chao
"The Wives of Los Alamos" Tarashea Nesbit *chosen
Up next:
Enjoy your reading,
LK
