21st Century Standouts! That’s the theme for the next series of Evening Book Club picks (October through January).
Join us Jan. 14 at 6:45 p.m. in the Margaret Knoll Gardner Lecture Room for a lively discussion of Heavy: An American Memoir, by Kiese Laymon.
Laymon’s memoir, written as a letter to his mother, is described by other writers as “lyrical,” “tender,” “explosive,” “an emotional powerhouse,” and a “growing-up story laden with unusual candor.” The title Heavy refers to both his early struggles with obesity, and the burden he carried as a young black man with a demanding mother in a society that wanted to hold him back.
Copies can be borrowed on interlibrary loan or purchased from one of Emmaus’ independent bookstores. Also available on Libby as an ebook.
*RSVP: Email [email protected], call 610-965-9284, or sign up at the desk.
Be on the lookout for the evening book club’s Feb-May picks coming soon!
