Read the books. Join the discussion.
We ask participants to read the featured author's book and join the discussion during the 30 minute book chat that highlights each session. You can purchase books here on our site via Marcus Books San Francisco. Curated by Lisa D. Gray, the series brings The National Coalition of 100 Black Women of San Francisco and Marcus Books San Francisco together in a unique partnership that seeks to provide a space and place for the stories of women of color so their voices shed light on and build the vibrancy of San Francisco’s black arts community.
June 17, 2015 at the Mercury Café
201 Octavia Street, San Francisco, CA from 7pm - 9pm
Award winning authors Jaqueline Luckett & Eunetta T. Boone discuss their books...
201 Octavia Street, San Francisco, CA from 7pm - 9pm
Award winning authors Jaqueline Luckett & Eunetta T. Boone discuss their books...
Passing Love
Jaqueline Luckett Nicole-Marie Handy has loved all things French since she was a child. After the death of her best friend, determined to get out of her rut, she goes to Paris, leaving behind a marriage proposal. While there, Nicole chances upon an old photo of her father-lovingly inscribed, in his hand, to a woman Nicole has never heard of. What starts as a vacation quickly becomes an investigation into his relationship to this mystery woman. Moving back and forth in time between the sparkling Paris of today and the jazz-fueled city filled with expatriates in the 1950s, Passing Love is the story of two women dealing with lost love, secrets, and betrayal...and how the City of Light may hold all of the answers. |
Longshot: My Bipolar Life and the Horses that Saved Me
Eunetta T. Boone (w/Sylvia Harris) Combine Seabiscuit with Manic—throw in a touch of HBO’s “Temple Grandin”—and you get Long Shot, a truly remarkable memoir by Sylvia Harris. A single mother of three, Harris was crippled by bipolar depression, until she discovered the miraculous healing and calming effect of horses—a revelation that ultimately enabled her to manage her illness, conquer the sexism of her field, and triumph as a champion jockey in the male-dominated world of horse racing. A fascinating, courageous, and ultimately redemptive true story, Long Shot has won high praise from Phyllis Chesler Ph.D. |