SCOTT BOOK CLUB

DUE TO AN ERROR ON MY PART, WE’VE HAD TO CHANGE LOCATION JUST FOR THIS MONTH’S MEETING. WE’LL BE AT THE CREATIVE AGING NETWORK AT
2400 Summit Avenue, Greensboro, NC 27405

SAME TIME, DIFFERENT LOCATION.

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