Adams Street Book Club: Gorilla, My Love by Toni Cade Bambara

Thu, Jun 29 2023
6:00 pm – 7:15 pm
Adams Street Library

book club book discussion


Meet with others to discuss Toni Cade Bambara's Gorilla, My Love

In these fifteen superb stories, written in a style at once ineffable and immediately recognizable, this essential author of African American fiction gives us compelling portraits of a wide range of unforgettable characters, from audacious children to cunning old men, in scenes shifting between uptown New York and rural North Carolina.

A young girl suffers her first betrayal. A widow flirts with an elderly blind man against the wishes of her grown-up children. A neighborhood loan shark teaches a white social worker a lesson in responsibility. And there is more. Sharing the world of Toni Cade Bambara's "straight-up fiction" is a stunning experience.

Registration is required. Please stop by the library to pick up a copy of the book. For more information or to RSVP, call 718.230.2264 or register for this event to receive information via email.

9 Adams Street (between John and Plymouth)
Brooklyn, NY 11201 Get Directions
Add to My Calendar 06/29/2023 06:00 pm 06/29/2023 07:15 pm America/New_York Adams Street Book Club: Gorilla, My Love by Toni Cade Bambara <p>Meet with others to discuss <strong>Toni Cade Bambara's</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bklynlibrary.org/item?b=10186344"><em>Gorilla, My Love</em></a>.&nbsp;</p> <p>In these fifteen superb stories, written in a style at once ineffable and immediately recognizable, this essential author of African American fiction gives us compelling portraits of a wide range of unforgettable characters, from audacious children to cunning old men, in scenes shifting between uptown New York and rural North Carolina.</p> <p>A young girl suffers her first betrayal. A widow flirts with an elderly blind man against the wishes of her grown-up children. A neighborhood loan shark teaches a white social worker a lesson in responsibility. And there is more. Sharing the world of Toni Cade Bambara's "straight-up fiction" is a stunning experience.</p> <p>Registration is required. Please stop by the library to pick up a copy of the book. For more information or to RSVP, call 718.230.2264 or register for this event to receive information via email.</p> Brooklyn Public Library - Adams Street Library MM/DD/YYYY 60