Feminist Book Club: October 2024

Feminist Book Club is reading A Mouth Full of Salt by Reem Gaafar this month.

“[…] a little boy has drowned[…] The villagers whisper of a sorceress who dwells at the foot of the mountains[…] Sixteen-year-old Fatima yearns to leave the village for Khartoum. In Khartoum, a single mother makes her way in a world that wants to keep girls and women back. As civil war swells, the political intrudes into the personal and her position in the capital becomes untenable. She must return to the village.”

The New Arab said, “‘A Mouth Full of Salt skillfully recounts the nuanced history of two countries that were divided long before they had any say in the matter. Gaafar approaches this narrative with compassion, confronting uncomfortable truths head-on.'”

🗓 Join us for the discussion on Wednesday, October 16 at 6pm EDT.

🔗 Register: tiny.cc/fbc2024