- Network event12 attendees from 12 groups hosting(ONLINE) Book Club Meeting: "The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store" by James McBrideLink visible for attendees
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Greetings Mocha Girls,
I hope this message finds you all reading something amazing!
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Mocha Girl Rene’e
Richmond Chapter OrganizerOur May 2024 monthly book selection is "The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store" by James McBride.
Remember, if you don't finish the book, you are still welcome, so come anyway!
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Support a new Black-owned Bookstore called RESIST BOOKSELLERS and get 15% off when you use the code MGR22. resistbooksellers.comAbout the Book:
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows. Chicken Hill was where Moshe and Chona Ludlow lived when Moshe integrated his theater and where Chona ran the Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. When the state came looking for a deaf boy to institutionalize him, it was Chona and Nate Timblin, the Black janitor at Moshe’s theater and the unofficial leader of the Black community on Chicken Hill, who worked together to keep the boy safe.As these characters’ stories overlap and deepen, it becomes clear how much the people who live on the margins of white, Christian America struggle and what they must do to survive. When the truth is finally revealed about what happened on Chicken Hill and the part the town’s white establishment played in it, McBride shows us that even in dark times, it is love and community—heaven and earth—that sustain us.
Bringing his masterly storytelling skills and his deep faith in humanity to The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, James McBride has written a novel as compassionate as Deacon King Kong and as inventive as The Good Lord Bird.
About the Author:
“You can’t be a novelist, you can’t be a creative person, if you are so cynical about the world that everything you say and write is negative,” says novelist James McBride. He won the 2013 National Book Award for his novel The Good Lord Bird.James McBride is an award-winning author, musician, and screenwriter. His landmark memoir, The Color of Water, published in 1996, has sold millions of copies and spent more than two years on the New York Times bestseller list. Considered an American classic, it is read in schools and universities across the United States.
His debut novel, Miracle at St. Anna, was turned into a 2008 film by Oscar-winning writer and director Spike Lee, with a script written by McBride.
His 2013 novel, The Good Lord Bird, about American abolitionist John Brown, won the National Book Award for Fiction and will be a Showtime limited series in fall 2020 starring Ethan Hawke.McBride has been a staff writer for The Boston Globe, People Magazine, and The Washington Post, and his work has appeared in Essence, Rolling Stone, and The New York Times. His 2007 National Geographic story “Hip Hop Planet” is considered an important examination of African American music and culture.
- Mocha Girls Read Movie Night: Bad Boys Ride or DieRegal Edwards Mira Mesa, San Diego, CA
Hey there, movie fiends!
Get ready to rev up your summer with the ultimate adrenaline rush!
First out the gate: Bad Boys: Ride or Die!
Will and Martin are back in their fourth tour of duty as Mike and Marcus.
Lay your peepers on the Final Trailer
If you like what you see, hit that RSVP button!
Don't forget to send me an email (sandiego@mochagirlsread.com) to get your pass. Remember it's first come, first served.
Arrive early to the movie. This one is going to be popular. Expect a lengthy line. Remember a ticket doesn't guarantee a seat. Theater is overbooked on purpose. - Network event12 attendees from 13 groups hosting(ONLINE) Book Club Meeting: "The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store" by James McBrideLink visible for attendees
Greetings Mocha Girls,
I hope this message finds everyone well. Please join us on Google Meet where we will have our discussion virtually.
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Mocha Girl Leanna
Minneapolis Chapter OrganizerOur May 2024 monthly book selection is "The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store" by James McBride.
Reading Guide
Week 1: Chapters 1 - 8
Week 2: Chapters 9 - 14
Week 3: Chapters 15 - 21
Week 4: Chapters 22 - 29Remember, if you don't finish the book, you are still welcome, so come anyway!
R.S.V.P. Etiquette: Please make sure to RSVP to an event or book club meeting ONLY if you are going. Do not RSVP if you are thinking about going or would like to go.
Thanks in advance and I can't wait to see you all!
REMEMBER: Support a new Black-owned Bookstore called RESIST BOOKSELLERS and get 15% off when you use the code MGR22. resistbooksellers.com
About The Book
Named a Must Read for the Summer by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Time, AARP, Town & Country, St. Louis Post-DispatchFrom James McBride, author of the bestselling Oprah’s Book Club pick Deacon King Kong and the National Book Award–winning The Good Lord Bird, a novel about small-town secrets and the people who keep them.
When workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighbourhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows.
As these characters' stories overlap and deepen, it becomes clear how much the people who live on the margins struggle and what they must do to survive. When the truth is finally revealed about what happened on Chicken Hill and the part the town's white establishment played in it, McBride shows us that even in dark times, it is love and community-heaven and earth-that sustain us.
About the Author
James McBride is an award-winning author, musician, and screenwriter. His landmark memoir, The Color of Water, published in 1996, has sold millions of copies and spent more than two years on the New York Times bestseller list. Considered an American classic, it is read in schools and universities across the United States.In addition to being an author and a musician, McBride has other attributes. He admits to being the worst dancer in the history of African Americana, bar none (he claims he should be legally barred from dancing at any event he attends). And when he takes off his hat, fleas fly out. Little things, little talents.
A native New Yorker and a graduate of New York City public schools, McBride studied composition at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio and received his master’s degree at the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. In 2015, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Obama “for humanizing the complexities of discussing race in America.” He holds several honorary doctorates and is currently a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University.
Find out more about the author here.
- Network event8 attendees from 13 groups hosting(ONLINE) Book Club Meeting: "All the Sinners Bleed" by S.A. CosbyLink visible for attendees
Greetings Mocha Girls,
I hope this message finds everyone well.
Please join us on Google Meet where we will have our discussion virtually.
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Mocha Girl Sharnise
Harlem Chapter OrganizerOur June 2024 monthly book selection is "All the Sinners Bleed" by S.A. Cosby.
Remember, if you don't finish the book, you are still welcome, so come anyway!
R.S.V.P. Etiquette:
Please make sure to RSVP to an event or book club meeting ONLY if you are going. Do not RSVP if you are thinking about going or would like to go.
Thanks in advance and I can't wait to see you all!REMEMBER:
Support a new Black-owned Bookstore called RESIST BOOKSELLERS and get 15% off when you use the code MGR22. resistbooksellers.comAbout the Book:
Titus Crown is the first Black sheriff in the history of Charon County, Virginia. In recent decades, quiet Charon has had only two murders. But after years of working as an FBI agent, Titus knows better than anyone that while his hometown might seem like a land of moonshine, cornbread, and honeysuckle, secrets always fester under the surface.Then a year to the day after Titus’s election, a school teacher is killed by a former student and the student is fatally shot by Titus’s deputies. As Titus investigates the shootings, he unearths terrible crimes and a serial killer who has been hiding in plain sight, haunting the dirt lanes and woodland clearings of Charon.
With the killer’s possible connections to a local church and the town’s harrowing history weighing on him, Titus projects confidence about closing the case while concealing a painful secret from his own past. At the same time, he also has to contend with a far-right group that wants to hold a parade in celebration of the town’s Confederate history.
Charon is Titus’s home and his heart. But where faith and violence meet, there will be a reckoning.
About the Author:
S. A. Cosby is an Anthony Award-winning writer from Southeastern Virginia. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Razorblade Tears and Blacktop Wasteland, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, was a New York Times Notable Book, and was named a best book of the year by NPR, The Guardian, and Library Journal, among others. When not writing, he is an avid hiker and chess player. - Network event11 attendees from 12 groups hosting(ONLINE) Book Club Meeting: ALL THE SINNERS BLEED by S.A. CosbyLink visible for attendees
Hey Mocha Girl:
It's time for our next book club meeting! Join us for some great chatting and socializing.
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Mocha Girl Leanna
Minneapolis Chapter OrganizerWhat are we going to talk about? The book from Our President's Reading List, "ALL THE SINNERS BLEED by S.A. Cosby"
Titus Crown is the first Black sheriff in the history of Charon County, Virginia. In recent decades, quiet Charon has had only two murders. But after years of working as an FBI agent, Titus knows better than anyone that while his hometown might seem like a land of moonshine, cornbread, and honeysuckle, secrets always fester under the surface.
Then a year to the day after Titus’s election, a school teacher is killed by a former student, and the student is fatally shot by Titus’s deputies. As Titus investigates the shootings, he unearths terrible crimes and a serial killer who has been hiding in plain sight, haunting the dirt lanes and woodland clearings of Charon.
With the killer’s possible connections to a local church and the town’s harrowing history weighing on him, Titus projects confidence about closing the case while concealing a painful secret from his own past. At the same time, he also has to contend with a far-right group that wants to hold a parade in celebration of the town’s Confederate history.
Charon is Titus’s home and his heart. But where faith and violence meet, there will be a reckoning.
📆 Mark your calendars and don't forget that you can attend even if you don't finish the book!
- Mocha Girls Read Book Discussion: All Sinners Bleed @ Lake Murray ParkLake Murray Community Park, San Diego, CA
Hey Book Luvvers! 📚🔥
Unite with us for this month's lit meetup, 'cause we got something juicy for y'all! We'll dive deep into the gripping world of 'All Sinners Bleed' by the phenomenal author, S.A. Crosby! ✍️🕵️♀️The harrowing tale unfolds after a dramatic incident at Jefferson Davis High School where Latrell McDonald, an African-American teenager, wounds a white instructor prior to succumbing to shots fired by law enforcers. As events spiral further downward, discover how this heartbreaking episode acts as a catalyst for deeper mysteries lurking beneath the surface.
And guess what?! No need to stress if you ain't finished yet - come hang anyway, no judgment zone! Let's share stories, laughter, snacks, and good vibes while basking in nature's glory at our Picnic in the Park event! 🌳🧺🤗
So pack a blanket, grab some munchies, and join us for a day filled with thought-provoking discussions, sunshine, and chill AF company! See ya soon, bibliophiles!
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