Smashing! Read & Resist Book Club

When:

February 7, 2021 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

2021-02-07T16:00:00-06:00

2021-02-07T17:00:00-06:00

Cost:

Free

Join us for readings to disrupt the patriarchy! Everyone is invited to take part in our Smashing! Read & Resist book club, a monthly discussion on works by women, women-identified, trans, and nonbinary writers, focusing on books from small and independent presses. Genres may vary!

*** This meeting will take place virtually via Zoom. If you’d like to join in the online chat, PLEASE RSVP becky@malvernbooks.com with “Smashing book club” in the subject line. ***

This month’s pick is The Body Papers by Grace Talusan. This book can be purchased from our store (call us on 512-322-2097 or send us a message for curbside pick up) or online via our BookShop site: bookshop.org/a/2325/9781632061836.

Winner of The Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing, Grace Talusan’s critically acclaimed memoir The Body Papers, a New York Times Editors’ Choice selection, powerfully explores the fraught contours of her own life as a Filipino immigrant and survivor of cancer and childhood abuse. The generosity of spirit and literary acuity of Talusan’s debut memoir are a testament to her determination and resilience. In excavating abuse and trauma, and supplementing her story with government documents, medical records, and family photos, Talusan gives voice to unspeakable experience, and shines a light of hope into the darkness.