About this Event
Kindred Book Club reads The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead - Jason's Pick!
Join the members of the Kindred Book Club on Saturday, March 29th at 5pm as we delve into Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, and now a major motion picture, The Nickel Boys!
The Kindred Book Club is a member led book club where the members come together to select the book for the bi-monthly discussions. Growing with each meeting, we are a lively diverse bunch with a common love for books and book discussions. Join us at 5pm for a happy hour discussion to meet and greet or catch up from the last meeting and then delve into the details of the book!
About The Nickel Boys:
When Elwood Curtis, a black boy growing up in 1960s Tallahassee, is unfairly sentenced to a juvenile reformatory called the Nickel Academy, he finds himself trapped in a grotesque chamber of horrors. Elwood’s only salvation is his friendship with fellow “delinquent” Turner, which deepens despite Turner’s conviction that Elwood is hopelessly naive, that the world is crooked, and that the only way to survive is to scheme and avoid trouble. As life at the Academy becomes ever more perilous, the tension between Elwood’s ideals and Turner’s skepticism leads to a decision whose repercussions will echo down the decades.
Based on the real story of a reform school that operated for 111 years and warped the lives of thousands of children, The Nickel Boys is a devastating, driven narrative that showcases a great American novelist writing at the height of his powers and “should further cement Whitehead as one of his generation's best" (Entertainment Weekly).
Purchase your copy of the Nickel Boys here.
Praise for The Nickel Boys:
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • This follow-up to The Underground Railroad brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American history through the story of two boys unjustly sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida. • "One of the most gifted novelists in America today." —NPR
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE NOMINATED FOR AN ACADEMY AWARD® FOR BEST PICTURE AND DIRECTED BY ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINEE RAMELL ROSS
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Kindred Thoughts Bookstore, 1001 Main Street, Bridgeport, United States
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