Tuesday Book Discussion

Tuesday, January 12th at 1:00pm. “Someone Knows My Name” by Lawrence Hill is the fictional slave narrative to be discussed at the January meeting of the Killingworth Library Tuesday Book Discussion Group. It is the story of Aminata Diallo, taken from Africa as a child, brought to a South Carolina plantation, loyal to the British during the American Revolution, and evacuated to Nova Scotia at the close of the war. Her journey will take her back to Africa as the British create the colony of Sierra Leone and finally to England. Also published under the titles, “The Book of Negroes” and “Aminata”, Hill’s novel has garnered several Canadian literary awards. Publisher’s Weekly described it as “stunning, wrenching and inspiring…a harrowing tour de force.”
Extra copies available at the desk, and newcomers are always welcome.