MBC Morning Book Club - Of Women and Salt by Gabriella Garcia
Schedule
Thu Nov 07 2024 at 08:30 am to 10:00 am
Location
The English Center (Salzburg) | Salzburg, SZ
Join us for a stimulating discussion about the book-of-the-month. Read at your own pace in the comfort of your own home ... then come together for a discussion.10% off of the book when purchased at The English Center, when possible.
€ 12,00 includes one coffee or tea (if we can meet in person) or a 5er Block for €50 + discussion
Be sure to message for password if you cannot attend in person and would like to ZOOM!
In present-day Miami, Jeanette is battling addiction. Daughter of Carmen, a Cuban immigrant, she is determined to learn more about her family history from her reticent mother and makes the snap decision to take in the daughter of a neighbor detained by ICE. Carmen, still wrestling with the trauma of displacement, must process her difficult relationship with her own mother while trying to raise a wayward Jeanette. Steadfast in her quest for understanding, Jeanette travels to Cuba to see her grandmother and reckon with secrets from the past destined to erupt.
From 19th-century cigar factories to present-day detention centers, from Cuba to Mexico, Gabriela Garcia's Of Women and Salt is a kaleidoscopic portrait of betrayals—personal and political, self-inflicted and those done by others—that have shaped the lives of these extraordinary women. A haunting meditation on the choices of mothers, the legacy of the memories they carry, and the tenacity of women who choose to tell their stories despite those who wish to silence them, this is more than a diaspora story; it is a story of America’s most tangled, honest, human roots.
Where is it happening?
The English Center (Salzburg), Haunspergstraße 37a, 5020 Salzburg, Österreich,Salzburg, Austria