September Book Club: “The Book of Lost Friends” by Lisa Wingate

Ten years after the Civil War, three women - a freed slave, her owner’s daughter, and her half-sister - embark on a perilous journey from Louisiana to Texas in search of their lost family. Traveling during Reconstruction was fraught with danger, and each carries her own private wounds and secrets. Meanwhile, 112 years later, in the same rural Louisiana town, a first-year English teacher stumbles upon the “Lost Friends” advertisements in Southern newspapers. This discovery ignites a passion for reading among her students, but it also has the potential to create a rift within the town. Ultimately, the past is a constant companion, and the true lesson lies in whether we confront it or learn from it.