FELC Book Club will meet on September 15 (changed from Sept 8/God’s Work. Our Hands. Sunday) 1:00 – 3:00 pm, at the home of Kathleen and Charlie Boas. We will share a potluck lunch and discuss The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros. This is a very short novel (110 pages) so a quick read. It is available at Amazon, Bookfinder, and HalfPrice Books on S. Lamar. Austin Public Library has 8 copies, but they are currently all in use.
Summary from Amazon: Told in a series of vignettes stunning for their eloquence, The House on Mango Street is Sandra Cisneros’s greatly admired novel of a young girl growing up in the Latino section of Chicago. Acclaimed by critics, beloved by children, their parents and grandparents, taught everywhere from inner-city grade schools to universities across the country, and translated all over the world, it has entered the canon of coming-of-age classics. Sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous, The House on Mango Street tells the story of Esperanza Cordero, whose neighborhood is one of harsh realities and harsh beauty. Esperanza doesn’t want to belong, not to her rundown neighborhood, and not to the low expectations the world has for her. Esperanza’s story is that of a young girl coming into her power, and inventing for herself what she will become.
CALL FOR BOOK SUGGESTIONS: We are starting to assemble next year’s survey and are taking book suggestions. Email Anne Wiebe, wiebeanne@hotmail.com, with the title and author of any book you would recommend. Our only restrictions are that you must have read it and that there be at least two copies available at Austin Public Library.