Join our CASA Book Club! This a fun opportunity to enjoy a great book and great conversation with other Advocates, all while earning in-service hours. You’ll receive 3 hours for reading the book and 1 hour for each discussion group you participate in. Please RSVP to deanna@casagalveston.org
Please Note: Front building doors are typically locked at 5:00. Deanna will be out front from 5:50 – 6:05 to unlock the doors as book clubbers arrive.
Time: 6-7:30 PM | Location: CASA of Galveston County Training Room
Monday, October 7, 2019 (Part 1) – RSVP by October 1st
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 (Part 2) – RSVP by November 5th
Wednesday, December 4, 2019 (Part 3) – RSVP by November 25th
All discussion groups will be held at the CASA office. Light snacks and drinks provided.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An unforgettable memoir about a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University
Book Club Pick for Now Read This, from PBS NewsHour and The New York Times • Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction
“A coming-of-age memoir reminiscent of The Glass Castle.”-O: The Oprah Magazine
“Beautiful and propulsive . . . Despite the singularity of [Westover’s] childhood, the questions her book poses are universal: How much of ourselves should we give to those we love? And how much must we betray them to grow up?”-Vogue
Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when one of Tara’s older brothers became violent. When another brother got himself into college, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University. Only then would she wonder if she’d traveled too far, if there was still a way home.