Join the Maxey House Book Club in the Maxey House sunroom on Thursday, April, 17 at 6:00 pm to discus Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman, published in 2015.
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From Amazon:
Twenty-six-year-old Jean Louise Finch—“Scout”—returns home to Maycomb, Alabama from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South, Jean Louise’s homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her close-knit family, the town, and the people dearest to her. Memories from her childhood flood back, and her values and assumptions are thrown into doubt. Featuring many of the iconic characters from To Kill a Mockingbird, Go Set a Watchman perfectly captures a young woman, and a world, in painful yet necessary transition out of the illusions of the past—a journey that can only be guided by one’s own conscience.
Written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman imparts a fuller, richer understanding and appreciation of the late Harper Lee. Here is an unforgettable novel of wisdom, humanity, passion, humor, and effortless precision—a profoundly affecting work of art that is both wonderfully evocative of another era and relevant to our own times. It not only confirms the enduring brilliance of To Kill a Mockingbird, but also serves as its essential companion, adding depth, context, and new meaning to an American classic.
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The Maxey House Book Club meets every month to discuss a book with the following criteria:
1) written during the time the family lived in the Maxey House (1868-1966)
2) a non-fiction book about that period
3) a fiction book that takes place in that period
For more information, feel free to contact Elana at 903-785-5716 or elana.barton@thc.texas.gov. You can also go to the Maxey House Book Club's Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/maxeyhousebookclub.