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Adult Book Discussion at Warren

2024-11-07 10:30:00 2024-11-07 11:30:00 America/Indiana/Indianapolis Adult Book Discussion at Warren Join the Warren Book Discussion group as we share our thoughts on this month's read, "All That She Carried" by Tiya Miles. Adults of all ages are invited to attend and new members are always welcome! Warren Branch -

Thursday, November 07
10:30am - 11:30am

Add to Calendar 2024-11-07 10:30:00 2024-11-07 11:30:00 America/Indiana/Indianapolis Adult Book Discussion at Warren Join the Warren Book Discussion group as we share our thoughts on this month's read, "All That She Carried" by Tiya Miles. Adults of all ages are invited to attend and new members are always welcome! Warren Branch -

Join the Warren Book Discussion group as we share our thoughts on this month's read, "All That She Carried" by Tiya Miles. Adults of all ages are invited to attend and new members are always welcome!

All That She Carried by Tiya Miles is available as a print book, a large print book, a downloadable audiobook, and as an e-book in The Library's collection. Copies are also available at Warren's check-out desk during the month prior to the discussion.

"Sitting in the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture is a rough cotton bag, called "Ashley's Sack," embroidered with just a handful of words that evoke a sweeping family story of loss and of love passed down through generations. In 1850s South Carolina, just before nine-year-old Ashley was sold, her mother, Rose, gave her a sack filled with just a few things as a token of her love. Decades later, Ashley's granddaughter, Ruth, embroidered this history on the bag--including Rose's message that "It be filled with my Love always." Historian Tiya Miles carefully follows faint archival traces back to Charleston to find Rose in the kitchen where she may have packed the sack for Ashley. From Rose's last resourceful gift to her daughter, Miles then follows the paths their lives and the lives of so many like them took to write a unique, innovative history of the lived experience of slavery in the United States. The contents of the sack--a tattered dress, handfuls of pecans, a braid of hair, "my Love always"--speak volumes and open up a window on Rose and Ashley's world. As she follows Ashley's journey, Miles metaphorically "unpacks" the sack, deepening its emotional resonance and revealing the meanings and significance of everything it contained. These include the story of enslaved labor's role in the cotton trade and apparel crafts and the rougher cotton "negro cloth" that was left for enslaved people to wear; the role of the pecan in nutrition, survival, and southern culture; the significance of hair to Black women and of locks of hair in the nineteenth century; and an exploration of Black mothers' love and the place of emotion in history" --from publisher's description.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Book Discussion |

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Warren Branch

Phone: 317-275-4550

Hours
Mon, Jul 07 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Jul 08 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Jul 09 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Thu, Jul 10 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Fri, Jul 11 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Jul 12 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Jul 13 Closed

About the branch

A new 16,000-square-foot branch for Warren Township opened in 1974, positioned adjacent to Lakeside Elementary School and northeast of Warren Central High School. After a fire in 1979, the branch closed for seven months. A $1.1 million renovation completed in 2016 was the first major renovation since the Warren Branch originally opened.

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