It's been a minute Readers! But we've still been reading, have you??? Let's get back to it with this next read by Wayétu Moore titled "She Would Be King." Our next discussion will be held on November 8th, 2025 at 1pm EST on Zoom. Hope to see you there! Happy reading!

This is the story of "Liberia's early It's been a minute Readers! But we've still been reading, have you??? Let's get back to it with this next read by Wayétu Moore titled "She Would Be King." Our next discussion will be held on November 8th, 2025 at 1pm EST on Zoom. Hope to see you there! Happy reading!

This is the story of "Liberia's early years told through three unforgettable characters who share an uncommon bond. Gbessa, exiled from the West African village of Lai, is starved, bitten by a viper, and left for dead, but still she survives. June Dey, raised on a plantation in Virginia, hides his unusual strength until a confrontation with the overseer forces him to flee. Norman Aragon, the child of a white British colonizer and a Maroon slave from Jamaica, can fade from sight when the earth calls him. When the three meet in the settlement of Monrovia, their gifts help them salvage the tense relationship between the African American settlers and the indigenous tribes, as a new nation forms around them." Read More