Southern Gables Book Club Selection for November
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Mailman by Stephen Starring Grant is “An exuberant, hilarious, and profound memoir by a mailman in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, who found that working for the post office saved his life, taught him who he was, gave him purpose, and educated him deeply about a country he loves but had lost touch with.”
Stories connect us not only to the past, but to the world today and to each other, By sharing our own interconnected stories around a table of friends, we strengthen the bonds that make a community vital and worthwhile. Stories are “tricky creatures, useful for many contradictory ends: they could both commemorate and conjure the past; could separate insider from outsider; could proclaim innocence or guilt; could be a mechanism of theft or of deliverance. Stories could disappear someone into the oblivion of a prison cell or bring someone else back from the dead.” 1
Wednesday, November 12 – Southern Gables Book Club.
The Book Club meets every other month on the second Wednesday, with rotating hosts. The book for November is “Mailman: My Wild Ride Delivering the Mail in Appalachia and Finally Finding Home ” by Stephen Starring Grant. Get the book soon, and start reading so you can join the discussion!
Sign up to attend: CLICK HERE to find out the location and reserve a spot.
Future selections. Susan Bridle-Fitzpatrick organized a nomination and voting process to get the book club a few months ahead on reading choices. This is what we’ll be starting off with next year.
- January 14 – The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead, 2020. Historical Fiction. Powerful themes: race, systemic abuse, memory
- March 11 – Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell, 2008. Nonfiction – Sociology/psychology. Good for debate: privilege vs merit
- May 13 – City of Thieves by David Benioff, 2009. Historical Fiction. Great mix of tension & levity; moral questions under duress; engaging adventure.
We hope to see you there! Here’s that signup list again: CLICK HERE. You can also call or text Carolyn Wolfrum at 303-915-5503 to get on her email list to be notified of future Book Club meetings and their locations.
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