Join us for the November Book Club Monthly Mingle! Go shopping for Small Business Saturday, check out the Christmas tree lighting at the harbor, and then swing by to talk books and finish out the evening at 7PM. Sign up here if you haven't purchased the package already:
https://www.hisawyer.com/the-islander-bookshop/schedules/activity-set/1608763?source=all-activities
🍂🍁🍂🍁Family: It's Complicated 🍂🍁🍂🍁
As the holidays approach, we can all understand that, just because it's family, doesn't mean it's easy. Families come in all shapes and sizes--biological and otherwise. Join us this month to explore family relationships with these books:
📘 How To Say Babylon by Sofiya Sinclair
📖 Genre: Memoir
Struggling with family dynamics? Sofiya details her struggle to break free from her strict religious upbringing. Her father, a devotee to a strict set of Rastafari, believes that a woman's value is in her obedience. Sofiya's mother gives her a world of books and education that propels her beyond the Jamaica they call home.
📕 My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
📖 Genre: Mystery/Thriller
If you have siblings, you know. We all have that one sibling--Korede's is just a little more deadly. Called in the middle of the night to help dispose of the third (correct, not first, not second, but third) boyfriend her sister has killed in "self defense", Korede sticks to "family comes first". But then her sister starts dating the doctor that Korede has long been in love with, and Korede starts to wonder if it might be time to do more than just clean up her mess.
📗 Family, Family by Laurie Frankel
📖 Genre: Literary Fiction
Family is complicated. India Allwood wanted to be an actress her whole life. Now, as an adult, her new movie is about adoption. The spin is the same old story of tragedy. But India is an adoptive mom in real life--she knows there are more to families than pain and regret. So, inadvisedly, she tells the truth: it's a bad movie. In the ensuing media storm, the truth comes out about India's family and her past. Her 10 year old twins call in the cavalry: family.
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