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LisaM

(29,301 posts) Tue Jun 6, 2017, 01:22 PM Jun 2017

My book club book seems to be an anti-abortion screed.... [View all]

I don't think the person who picked it even realizes it (or will realize it). It's called "The Mothers" by Brit Bennett, and it's a first novel.

Hell, I don't even know if the author realizes how anti-abortion it is.

I am beyond pissed. I'm ANGRY.

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My book club book seems to be an anti-abortion screed.... [View all] LisaM Jun 2017 OP

How often does your club meet? TexasProgresive Jun 2017 #1

Looking at the reviews, while some of them PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2017 #2

The entire plot revolves around an abortion, and its aftermath, so to speak. LisaM Jun 2017 #3

Interesting. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2017 #4

It's not a particularly well-written book anyway..... LisaM Jun 2017 #5

Thanks again for sharing this. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2017 #10

On a good weekend, I read 4 or 5 books. LisaM Jun 2017 #11

Woah! I'm impressed. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2017 #16

Yes, and there are a few I cycle through each year... LisaM Jun 2017 #17

I've gotten to the point where I peruse the chosen book, and will often decide that LuckyLib Jun 2017 #6

I don't mind reading a bad book and trashing it - I read fast - and I like my friends. LisaM Jun 2017 #7

I hear you. I had to form a two-person book group with a friend so we could read LuckyLib Jun 2017 #8

I have to ignore the book part, in general. LisaM Jun 2017 #9

book club. hell, i rebelled in a college class. reading assignment. pansypoo53219 Jun 2017 #12

I think "On the Road" has one of the most beautiful last lines ever written. LisaM Jun 2017 #13

Book clubs are strange beasts... Phentex Jun 2017 #14

We're pretty liberal.... LisaM Jun 2017 #15