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message 1: by Jessica (last edited Jun 27, 2017 09:02AM) (new) - rated it 5 stars

Jun 27, 2017 09:01AM

Jessica Haider (jessicahaider) | 1133 comments

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Our July pick is the novel Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi.

We will be meeting in Quincy for brunch the on Sunday July 30th. We hope to see you there! RSVP to the event here: https://www.goodreads.com/event/show/...

Whether you can make it to the event or not, feel free to post your thoughts about the book here in this topic.

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message 2: by Jessica (new) - rated it 5 stars

Jul 04, 2017 07:46AM

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I just finished the first chapter "Effia". Interesting read so far.

Here's some info on Cape Coast Castle which is one of the settings of this chapter:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Co...

Another interesting read:http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/27/wor...

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message 3: by Lynn (new) - added it

Aug 04, 2017 11:26AM

funny - the picture of the castle is exactly how I pictured it in my head.

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