Bad Girl Book Club | What You Have Heard is True (BG24-1)

Join this evening women's book club! And no, you don’t have to be a "bad girl" to join the group. This group will focus on books with female authors and unique female protagonists. In depth and honest opinions are encouraged. You don’t even have to finish the book to join in on the discussion. Indulgent beverages and desserts will be served. 

Monday, September 9

6:00–8:00 pm

Facilitator: Jenny Redington

Carolyn Forché is twenty-seven when the mysterious stranger appears on her doorstep. The relative of a friend, he is a charming polymath with a mind as seemingly disordered as it is brilliant. She’s heard rumors from her friend about who he might be: a lone wolf, a communist, a CIA operative, a sharpshooter, a revolutionary, a small coffee farmer, but according to her, no one seemed to know for certain. He has driven from El Salvador to invite Forché to visit and learn about his country. Captivated for reasons she doesn’t fully understand, she accepts and becomes enmeshed in something beyond her comprehension. This is the powerful story of a poet’s experience in a country on the verge of war, and a journey toward social conscience in a perilous time. — Goodreads

Registration REQUIRED by 9/7

Minimum Registration: 3

Fall 2024 Bad Girl Books:
September: What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance by Carolyn Forché
October: How the Garcia Girls lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
November: The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods
December: The Doctors Blackwell by Janice P. Nimura