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Want to discuss "Kin: Rooted in Hope" at your book club? The La Plata branch as 'Book Club in a Bag' kits available while supplies last. Five books, Readers' Guide & Author visit info included.
Want to discuss Kin: Rooted in Hope at your book club? Here's your chance. Each Book Club in a Bag kit contains 5 copies of Kin: Rooted in Hope by Carole Boston Weatherford
art by Jeffery Boston Weatherford, book marks, a link to a Readers' Guide, and information about author visits taking place in Southern Maryland on Wednesday, October 8.
One bag per patron while supplies last.
About the Book
Carole and Jeffery Boston Weatherford’s ancestors are among the founders of Maryland. Their family history there extends more than three hundred years, but as with the genealogical searches of many African Americans with roots in slavery, their family tree can only be traced back five generations before going dark. And so from scraps of history, Carole and Jeffery have conjured the voices of their kin, creating an often painful but ultimately empowering story of who their people were in a breathtaking book that is at once deeply personal yet all too universal.
Carole’s poems capture voices ranging from her ancestors to Frederick Douglass to Harriet Tubman to the plantation house and land itself that connects them all, and Jeffery’s evocative illustrations help carry the story from the first mention of a forebear listed as property in a 1781 ledger to he and his mother’s homegoing trip to Africa in 2016. Shaped by loss, erasure, and ultimate reclamation, this is the story of not only Carole and Jeffery’s family, but of countless other Black families in America.
General Themes
Black history, genealogy, ancestry, historical research, Maryland history, history of slavery, poetry, art, Civil War & Reconstruction.
Content Warning
While this book does not depict graphic content, racism and slavery are primary subjects in the book. Poems are an invitation to reflect on one’s self, in addition to what is written on the page. Please consider how different readers may react or sensitize these poems as they read.
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