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Event Contact(s)
Andrea Brown
Category
BMAV Shared Interest Group
Registration Info
Registration is closed - Event is full
Registration cancellations will be accepted until Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
About this event
BMAV's newest SIG reads fiction and nonfiction and discusses them in a social, informal setting. The host and moderator switches each month. This month we are meeting at Ann Bennet's home and reading The Color of Water by James McBride. The book is a poignant memoir that explores the author's complex relationship with his mother, Ruth Zylska, a white woman who married a black man. In this book McBride delves into his mother's past, her struggles with identity, and her decision to abandon her Jewish heritage to raise twelve black children in a racially divided America. The memoir is a powerful reflection on race, family, and the search for identity.
Please only RSVP if you plan to read the books and attend as space is limited.
From 4-5 pm the focus will be on the book, and from 5-5:30, socializing. Sign up early as space is limited. If you can't make it, contact SIG lead Andy Brown to be added to the group's email list and learn about the location and selection next month.
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