GenX 🤝 Millennial Downtown Book Club

The Ministry of Time is a 2024 debut novel by Kaliane Bradley. In the 21st century, the government of the United Kingdom finds a door that allows time travel. They create the Ministry of Time. The Ministry rescues several historical figures and brings them to the present; to avoid disrupting the past, they specifically choose people who would have died in their original timelines.

We'll start our discussion at 7:30. Food and drink are available for purchase.

Homegoing is the debut historical fiction novel by Ghanaian-American author Yaa Gyasi, published in 2016. Each chapter in the novel follows a different descendant of an Asante woman named Maame, starting in the 18th century with her two daughters, who are half-sisters, separated by circumstance: Effia marries James Collins, the British governor in charge of Cape Coast Castle, while her half-sister Esi is held captive in the dungeons below. Subsequent chapters follow their children and following generations.

We will start our discussion at 7:30. Food and drink are available for purchase.

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My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell is an all-consuming, explosive debut that explores the psychological dynamics of the relationship between a precocious yet naïve teenage girl and her magnetic and manipulative teacher.

We will start our discussion at 7:30. Food and drink are available for purchase.