Parchment Book Group: The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Schedule
Mon Oct 13 2025 at 06:00 pm to 07:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Parchment Community Library | Kalamazoo, MI
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The Parchment Book Group meets Monday, October 13 at 6:00 p.m. Our featured book for October: The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer (non-fiction)
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Join us for an hour of discussion of the featured book. Share your thoughts, share a quote or two from the book, and rate the book from 1-10.
New guests are always warmly welcomed! 🙂
Let us know if you need to borrow a copy of the book!
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About the Book:
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, a bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world.
As indigenous scientist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How, she asks, can we learn from indigenous wisdom and the plant world to reimagine what we value most? Our economy is rooted in scarcity, competition, and the hoarding of resources, and we have surrendered our values to a system that actively harms what we love.
Meanwhile, the serviceberry’s relationship with the natural world is an embodiment of reciprocity, interconnectedness, and gratitude. The tree distributes its wealth—its abundance of sweet, juicy berries—to meet the needs of its natural community. And this distribution insures its own survival. As Kimmerer explains, “Serviceberries show us another model, one based upon reciprocity, where wealth comes from the quality of your relationships, not from the illusion of self-sufficiency.”
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Looking Ahead:
November 10: Isaac’s Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson (non-fiction)
December 8: The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer (fiction)
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Where is it happening?
Parchment Community Library, 401 S Riverview Dr,Parchment, Michigan, Kalamazoo, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
