All Adults Here by Emma Straub

In August, we met to read Rebecca's pick, the novel All Adults Here by Emma Straub.

It was a good read, about a family matriarch and her adult children. 

"When Astrid Strick witnesses a school bus accident in the center of town, it jostles loose a repressed memory from her young parenting days decades earlier. Suddenly, Astrid realizes she was not quite the parent she thought she'd been to her three, now-grown children. But to what consequence?"

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

In July, we discussed Lisa's pick, The Nickel Boys, by Colson Whitehead. It was based on the real story of the Dozier School, a reform school in Florida that operated for 111 years and had its history exposed by a university's investigation.

This was a hard book to read, but well written. It was timely, as well, as our nation continues to come to grips with systematic racism against Black people.