Our last meeting was about the book “Horse” by Geraldine Brooks. We compared “Horse” to “Kindred “.
Both books were about slavery in the antebellum South. “ Kindred” told how terribly slaves were treated. In “Horse” we learned that the slaves who trained horses, or were jockeys, were treated better than the rest. Horse racing was big business. The slaveholders needed slaves to help their horses win races. That made a lot of money for them.
We talked about race relations in the U.S. after the war. Things were not much better for the freed slaves. Jarrett went to Canada for a better life.
Our next book club meeting will be on Sunday, June 11th at 12:30 in the TBT library.
The book is “The Island of Sea Women” by Lisa See. It explores the culture of South Korean female divers known as the haenyeo. It follows the friendship between two divers, named Young-sook and Mi-ha, spanning episodes in their lives from 1938 to 2008.
In following the fates of these two women, their fragmented friendship, and their equally fragmented country, the novel explores the themes of haenyeo culture in the face of progress, the price of anger, and the role of understanding, in achieving forgiveness.
Feel free to bring lunch or a snack.
Quote: “The sea is better than a mother. You can love your mother and she still might leave you. You can love or hate the sea, but it will always be there. Forever”.
Lisa See
Hi everyone,
Happy Mother’s Day!
Our last meeting was about the book “Horse” by Geraldine Brooks. We compared “Horse” to “Kindred “.
Both books were about slavery in the antebellum South. “ Kindred” told how terribly slaves were treated. In “Horse” we learned that the slaves who trained horses, or were jockeys, were treated better than the rest. Horse racing was big business. The slaveholders needed slaves to help their horses win races. That made a lot of money for them.
We talked about race relations in the U.S. after the war. Things were not much better for the freed slaves. Jarrett went to Canada for a better life.
Our next book club meeting will be on Sunday, June 11th at 12:30 in the TBT library.
The book is “The Island of Sea Women” by Lisa See. It explores the culture of South Korean female divers known as the haenyeo. It follows the friendship between two divers, named Young-sook and Mi-ha, spanning episodes in their lives from 1938 to 2008.
In following the fates of these two women, their fragmented friendship, and their equally fragmented country, the novel explores the themes of haenyeo culture in the face of progress, the price of anger, and the role of understanding, in achieving forgiveness.
Feel free to bring lunch or a snack.
Quote: “The sea is better than a mother. You can love your mother and she still might leave you. You can love or hate the sea, but it will always be there. Forever”.
Lisa See
I look forward to seeing you on the 11th of June.
Carol
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