Our next Shelby County Democrats’ Book Group zoom is Tuesday, July 14. The zoom opens and discussion begins at 6:00 pm, and ends on time at 7:30 pm.

Anyone who wishes to join can sign up by contacting Brenda Harris at addiesgranna@gmail.com.

Our July book is “The Book Club for Troublesome Women” by Marie Bostwick.  In the 1960s, traditional homemaker Margaret is thrown for a loop when she first meets Charlotte Gustafson. As an excuse to be in the mysterious Charlotte’s orbit, Margaret concocts a book club get-together and invites two other neighborhood women–Bitsy and Viv–to the inaugural meeting. As the women share secrets, cocktails, and their honest reactions to the controversial bestseller “The Feminine Mystique”, they begin to discover that the American dream they’d been sold isn’t all roses and sunshine–and that their secret longing for more is something they share.  Sylvia Sheffield will lead the discussion.

In August, we will be discussing “Giving Up is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping a Democracy” by Joyce Vance.  This book is a clarion call to action, putting our current crisis in historical context and sketching out a vision for where we go next.  Brenda Harris will lead.