Meet to discuss books of different genres the first Monday of each month.
The May selection is Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez (historical fiction). Fresh out of nursing school in 1970s Alabama, Civil Townsend is determined to make a difference in her African American community through her work at the Family Planning Clinic. But when she’s sent to care for two young girls in a one-room cabin, she’s horrified to learn they’ve been targeted for birth control because they are poor and Black. Years later, as Dr. Townsend prepares to retire, she’s haunted by the choices she made and the injustice she witnessed—reminders of a past that refuses to stay buried.
June 1 selection: A Talent for Murder by Peter Swanson (mystery).