SCOTT BOOK CLUB

March’s Book is Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns

Genre: Coming of Age, Historical
Recommended by: Mary Kate

**We are working on making book club hybrid and a link will be provided closer to the day of for virtual attendees

Cold Sassy Tree is a classic 1984 novel by Olive Ann Burns, set in the fictional town of Cold Sassy, Georgia, in 1906, narrated by 14-year-old Will Tweedy as his grandfather, a recent widower, scandalizes the town by marrying a woman half his age. The story explores themes of coming-of-age, love, death, and small-town Southern life through a cast of quirky characters, with the titular tree symbolizing the town's defiance of convention. Burns also wrote an unfinished sequel, Leaving Cold Sassy, published posthumously.

Trigger/Content Warnings: (Graphic) Racism, Racial Slurs, Suicide.
(Moderate) Sexual Assault/Rape, Death
(Minor) Animal Cruelty/Death, Child Death

Future Reads:

April- Woodworking by Emily St. James
May- Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips
June- A Song For The Wild Built by Becky Chambers
July- The Left Hand Of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
August- Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
September- Sick Puppy by Carl Hiaasen
October- Childish Things by Dave Warneck
November- The Buddha In The Attic by Julie Otsuka