Feminist Book Club: July 2024

Feminist Book Club is rockin’ through the summer!

We’re reading They Called Us Exceptional by Prachi Gupta this month. Join us for the discussion on Wednesday, July 17 at 6pm EDT.

From the publisher:
“Gupta addresses her story to her mother, braiding a deeply vulnerable personal narrative with history, postcolonial theory, and research on mental health to show how she slowly made sense of her reality and freed herself from the pervasive, reductive myth that had once defined her. But tragically, the act that liberated Gupta was also the act that distanced her from those she loved most. By charting her family’s slow unraveling, and her determination to break the cycle, Gupta shows how traditional notions of success keep us disconnected from ourselves and one another—and passionately argues why we must orient ourselves toward compassion over belonging.”

Celeste Ng, author of Little Fires Everywhere, said, “I read it in one sitting. Wow. It aims right at the tender spot where racism, sexism, and family dynamics collide, and somehow manages to be both searingly honest and deeply compassionate.”

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