Education for Mission: March 22nd at 10:30am

THE BOOKWOMAN’S DAUGHTER: A NOVEL

KIM MICHELE RICHARDSON

SOURCEBOOKS LANDMARK (2022)

Both a standalone and a sequel to the bestselling novel The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek, The Bookwoman’s Daughter tells the story of Honey Lovett, daughter of the famed, blue-skinned Troublesome Creek packhorse librarian. Honey and her Kentucky family have been hiding from the law all her life. But when her mother and father are imprisoned, Honey realizes she must fight to stay free. Picking up her mother’s library route, Honey begins to deliver books to the remote hollers of Appalachia. But the route can be treacherous, and Honey’s going to have to fight for her place. (V) 5 (350 pages)
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Spiritual Growth: May 31st at 10:30am

MIRACLES AND OTHER REASONABLE THINGS: A STORY OF UNLEARNING AND RELEARNING GOD

SARAH BESSEY
 HOWARD BOOKS (2019)

In this poignant book, Canadian Christian author and blogger Sarah Bessey shares how a serious car accident unexpectedly shook her deeply rooted faith, upending everything she thought she knew and held so dearly. Weaving together theology and memoir in her trademark narrative style, she tells us the story of the moment that changed her body and how it ultimately changed her life. The road of healing leads to Rome where she met the Pope and encountered the Holy Spirit in the last place she expected. She writes about her miraculous Mission (239 pages)

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Nurturing for Community: July 19th at 10:30am

START WITH HELLO: (AND OTHER SIMPLE WAYS TO LIVE AS NEIGHBORS) SHANNAN MARTIN
REVELL (2022)

This enlightening book addresses how a simple path can lead to a far more deeply connectedlife. Many people live detached, distracted, and divided from their communities. In Start with Hello, Martin invites readers into deeper connection through basic resets, street-level practices, and real-talk storytelling. It’s a field guide for a life of security, camaraderie, and joy. For example, Martin shares: An open door is greater than perfect décor. Familiar is greater than fussy. And tender is greater than tough estimated 15,000 girls from the cut and forced childhood marriages. 5 (225 pages)

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Social Action: September 27th at 10:30am

SOLITO: A MEMOIR
JAVIER ZAMORA
HOGARTH (2023)

Salvadoran poet Javier Zamora offers a memoir about his 3,000-mile journey from his small town in El Salvador, through Guatemala and Mexico, and across the U.S. border to reunite with a mother who left four years ago and a father he barely remembers. Traveling alone amid a group of strangers and a “coyote” hired to lead them to safety, he expects his trip to last two short weeks. He cannot foresee the perilous boat trips, relentless desert treks, pointed guns, and arrests that await him; nor can he know those two weeks will expand into two life-altering months alongside fellow migrants who will come to encircle him like family. (V) (400 pages)
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Social Action: November 16th at 10:30am

THE GIRLS IN THE WILD FIG TREE: HOW I FOUGHT TO SAVE MYSELF, MY SISTER, AND THOUSANDS OF GIRLS WORLDWIDE
NICE LENG’ETE
 LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY (2021)

This memoir from Kenyan human rights activist Nice Leng`ete shares how she went from “heartbroken child and community outcast, to leader of the Maasai. ” As an orphaned young girl taken in by her uncle, Nice defied cultural convention and fled from female genital cutting. She ultimately became the first in her family to attend college and, supported by Amref Health Africa, works to end female genital mutilation and replace it with alternative rites of passage. Through her work with Amref, she has helped save an estimated 15000 girls from the cut. 4 (240 pages)
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