The third Thursday in September is the annual potluck and book selection meeting for our book club. The Community for Understanding and Hope Book Group has been meeting since the summer of 2008, following the tragic Kirkwood City Hall shooting … Continue reading →
Book: Becoming by Michelle Obama Genre: memoir Publisher: Random House Audio Publication date: 2018 Pages: 464 Source: audiobook borrowed from the library Summary: Michelle Obama was raised on the South Side of Chicago in a working-class family. We learn about … Continue reading →
The Community for Understanding and Hope Book Group held our annual potluck and book selection meeting this week. Our book club has been meeting since the summer of 2008, in the aftermath of a tragic shooting in our town that … Continue reading →
Book: Whistling Vivaldi: How stereotypes affect us and what we can do by Claude M. Steele Genre: Social Psychology Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Publication date: 2010 Pages: 242 Source: Purchased from Left Bank Books Summary: Stereotype threat is the … Continue reading →
Book: The Half Has Never Been Told by Edward E. Baptist Genre: History Publisher: Basic Books Publication date: 2014 Pages: 498 Source: Library Summary: The most succinct summary is the subtitle: “Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism.” If you … Continue reading →
Book: Nobody: Casualties of America’s War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond by Marc Lamont Hill Genre: Nonfiction Publisher: Atria Books Publication date: 2016 Pages: 250 Source: Hardback from library Summary: Journalist Marc Lamont Hill covers the … Continue reading →
The Community for Understanding and Hope book group specializes in books about race in America. We’ve been meeting for ten years and we’ve read 94 books together. We brought 53 books to our annual book selection meeting last week and … Continue reading →
Book: Born a Crime: stories from a South African childhood by Trevor Noah Genre: Memoir Publisher: Spiegel & Grau Publication date: 2016 Pages: 304 Source: Hardcover from library Summary: Trevor Noah was “born a crime” to a black mother and … Continue reading →
Book: Hunger by Roxane Gay Genre: Memoir Publisher: Harper Collins Publication date: 2016 Pages: 320 Source: e-boook from Library Summary: In Hunger, Roxane Gay shares a series of events and reflections from her life, from a traumatic childhood event, through … Continue reading →
Book: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou Genre: Autobiography Publisher: Random House Publication date: 2009 (trade paperback), 1969 (original publication date) Pages: 289 Source: Library Summary: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is the story … Continue reading →