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Intersectional Feminist Book Club: "They Called Us Exceptional."
Tue, Jun 11
|Cafe con Libros, Bk.
Our first in-person book club since 2020! We're so excited to resurrect this mainstay of our bookish community.
Time & Location
Jun 11, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Cafe con Libros, Bk., 724 Prospect Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11216, USA
About the Event
About the Book Club:
Our Feminist Book Club has been meeting since January 2018. We read only books written by, for and about womxn.
We are committed to reading at the intersections of identities and strive for our books to represent a rich, colorful array of stories from around the globe. To see what we've read, please visit Feminist Book Club page.
About the Book:
An Indian American daughter reveals how the dangerous model minority myth tears families apart and wrecks mental health in this searing, brave memoir. How do we understand ourselves when the story about who we are supposed to be is stronger than our sense of self? What do we stand to gain—and lose—by taking control of our narrative? These questions propel Prachi Gupta’s heartfelt memoir, and can feel particularly fraught for many immigrants and their children, who live under immense pressure to belong in America. Prachi’s family embodied…
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