January BOOK CLUB: Tuesday, January 23rd 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. The HLAA-TC Book Club will be meeting on Zoom to discuss the novel “Keeping Lucy: A Novel” by T. Greenwood (originally our December book and moved to January).
Description of the book on Amazon: “The heartbreaking and uplifting story, inspired by incredible true events, of how far one mother must go to protect her daughter. Dover, Massachusetts, 1969. Ginny Richardson’s heart was torn open when her baby girl, Lucy, born with Down Syndrome, was taken from her. Under pressure from his powerful family, her husband, Ab, sent Lucy away to Willowridge, a special school for the “feeble-minded.” Ab tried to convince Ginny it was for the best. That they should grieve for their daughter as though she were dead. That they should try to move on. But two years later, when Ginny’s best friend, Marsha, shows her a series of articles exposing Willowridge as a hell-on-earth–its squalid hallways filled with neglected children–she knows she can’t leave her daughter there.”
The meeting will be captioned. It will start at 7:00 pm and end around 8:30 pm (central time). (All meetings are free and open to HLAA members or non-members.)
To receive a link to the Zoom meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEld-yoqzsoE9HgL6RLwaIzAV7HK5s7B1Cs
For more information about the book club (a reading schedule for the rest of 2024 hasn’t been decided on yet), visit the HLAA-TC Book Club Page: https://hlaatc.singlerdesign.com/book-club/