To Be Renamed... Book Club discussion

We will meet on Tuesday, June 25 at 6:30 pm to discuss Ingrid Rojas Contreras's 2018 novel, Fruit of the Drunken Tree.

From NPR interview:

Growing up as a child in Bogotá, Ingrid Rojas Contreras was almost the victim of a terrible crime. Violence reigned in Colombia under drug lord Pablo Escobar — bombings, kidnappings and assassinations were commonplace. Contreras didn't know it at the time, but her mother was receiving threatening phone calls detailing the routines of her daughters' lives: "They got off the bus at this hour. We know what the bus route is. We know what they look like."

Contreras and her sister weren't kidnapped — and this story of what didn't happen has inspired her first novel, Fruit of the Drunken Tree. This Colombian coming of age story — two stories, really — tells the saga of sisters Chula and Cassandra, growing up in a gated community in Bogotá, and Petrona, a teenager from the city's slums who comes to live with their family as a maid.

Hope to see you all on June 25!

Hello! Unfortunately Biddle's was closed yesterday (June 25) because of a power outage in the neighborhood, so we did not meet to discuss this book!

We will, however, plan to meet next Tuesday, July 2 at 6:30 pm at Biddle's for the rescheduled discussion!

Hope you can make it then.