Unshelved Book Club: Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

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Book Club

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Adults (18+), Seniors
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Unshelved book club meets at 1:00 pm on the second Wednesday of every month.  Books are selected 3-6 months in advance.  Anyone interested in discussing the selected monthly book is welcome to attend!  

This month, Unshelved is reading Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead.

Summary: After Cora, a pre-Civil War Georgia slave, escapes with another slave, Caesar, they seek the help of the Underground Railroad as they flee from state to state and try to evade a slave catcher, Ridgeway, who is determined to return them to the South. 

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