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June Book Club - James

Amanda Headley

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Fri, 20 Jun, 2025 at 06:30 pm

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Saigon Kitchen Restaurant

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Fri, 20 Jun, 2025 at 06:30 pm to 08:30 pm (EDT)

Saigon Kitchen Restaurant

112 North St, Vermont, Burlington, United States

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June Book Club - James
June book club! This month we are reading James by Percival Everett.

When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and too-often-unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond.

While many narrative set pieces of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remain in place (floods and storms, stumbling across both unexpected death and unexpected treasure in the myriad stopping points along the river’s banks, encountering the scam artists posing as the Duke and Dauphin…), Jim’s agency, intelligence and compassion are shown in a radically new light.

We will discuss our weeks and catch up, and then discuss the book. If you have any recommendations for the July Book, post them in the comments below.


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June Book Club - James, 20 June | Event in Burlington | AllEvents
June Book Club - James
Fri, 20 Jun, 2025 at 06:30 pm