Our July 25 book will be The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr with special guest, Suzette Mayr. We are fortunate to have this Giller prize winning author living in our community and willing to take time from her busy schedule to chat with us.
“The Sleeping Car Porter offers a richly detailed account of a particular occupation and time—train porter on a Canadian passenger train in 1929—and unforcedly allows it to illuminate the societal strictures imposed on black men at the time—and today. Baxter is a secretly-queer and sleep-deprived porter saving up for dental school, working a system that periodically assigns unexplained demerits, and once a certain threshold is reached, the porter loses his job. Thus, success is impossible, the best one can do is to fail slowly. As Baxter takes a cross-continental run, the boarding passengers have more secrets than an Agatha Christie cast, creating a powder keg on train tracks. The Sleeping Car Porter is an engaging and illuminating novel about the costs of work, service, and secrets.” – Keith Mosman, Powell’s Books
The August 22 book will be The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver.
The Book Club meets on the fourth Tuesday evening of each month from 7:00 to 9:00 pm (except December) in the Lower Hall. Contact Brianna at [email protected] or 403-836-3626 for more information. Come and join in a lively discussion about a great book.
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