Nanaimo BIPOC Book Club: The Yield by Tara June Winch
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Join us for our December read: The Yield by Tara June Winch!
Here's a summary of the book: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/53068123-the-yield
"Knowing that he will soon die, Albert ‘Poppy’ Gondiwindi takes pen to paper. His life has been spent on the banks of the Murrumby River at Prosperous House, on Massacre Plains. Albert is determined to pass on the language of his people and everything that was ever remembered. He finds the words on the wind.
August Gondiwindi has been living on the other side of the world for ten years when she learns of her grandfather’s death. She returns home for his burial, wracked with grief and burdened with all she tried to leave behind. Her homecoming is bittersweet as she confronts the love of her kin and news that Prosperous is to be repossessed by a mining company. Determined to make amends she endeavours to save their land – a quest that leads her to the voice of her grandfather and into the past, the stories of her people, the secrets of the river.
Profoundly moving and exquisitely written, Tara June Winch’s The Yield is the story of a people and a culture dispossessed. But it is as much a celebration of what was and what endures, and a powerful reclaiming of Indigenous language, storytelling and identity."
New to the Nanaimo BIPOC Book Club? Hello we'd love to have you! https://www.facebook.com/groups/nanaimobipocbookclub/
Meeting info:
We'll meet at the Upstairs of Quality Foods in Harewood. You can access it via the staircase by the bakery section or the elevator. Snacks and drinks are available for purchase.
Where can I find this book?
You can find this book at the Vancouver Island Regional Library, in audiobook format on Spotify, and available for on the shelf or for special order at local bookstores like Indigo and Windowseat Books. Since orders may take a few weeks to come in, we suggest trying sooner rather than later to get your hands on a copy.
What if I can't finish the book before the meeting?
No stress! Come anyway if you don't mind spoilers. We would love to build our BIPOC book-loving community.
Here's a summary of the book: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/53068123-the-yield
"Knowing that he will soon die, Albert ‘Poppy’ Gondiwindi takes pen to paper. His life has been spent on the banks of the Murrumby River at Prosperous House, on Massacre Plains. Albert is determined to pass on the language of his people and everything that was ever remembered. He finds the words on the wind.
August Gondiwindi has been living on the other side of the world for ten years when she learns of her grandfather’s death. She returns home for his burial, wracked with grief and burdened with all she tried to leave behind. Her homecoming is bittersweet as she confronts the love of her kin and news that Prosperous is to be repossessed by a mining company. Determined to make amends she endeavours to save their land – a quest that leads her to the voice of her grandfather and into the past, the stories of her people, the secrets of the river.
Profoundly moving and exquisitely written, Tara June Winch’s The Yield is the story of a people and a culture dispossessed. But it is as much a celebration of what was and what endures, and a powerful reclaiming of Indigenous language, storytelling and identity."
New to the Nanaimo BIPOC Book Club? Hello we'd love to have you! https://www.facebook.com/groups/nanaimobipocbookclub/
Meeting info:
We'll meet at the Upstairs of Quality Foods in Harewood. You can access it via the staircase by the bakery section or the elevator. Snacks and drinks are available for purchase.
Where can I find this book?
You can find this book at the Vancouver Island Regional Library, in audiobook format on Spotify, and available for on the shelf or for special order at local bookstores like Indigo and Windowseat Books. Since orders may take a few weeks to come in, we suggest trying sooner rather than later to get your hands on a copy.
What if I can't finish the book before the meeting?
No stress! Come anyway if you don't mind spoilers. We would love to build our BIPOC book-loving community.
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Where is it happening?
New Quality Foods Upstairs Lounge, Bruce Ave,Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
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