The Open Book

Guest Blog
by Jessica Mariglio

"So without a second thought, Laronne stuffed into the box of Rachel's belongings the newspaper article. It was something Laronne owed Nella-she could give a mother back to her girl." 

- from The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Heidi Durrow

 

We paused after reading this line. A crucial piece of evidence had been stuffed into an unconscious little girl's box of belongings.  I asked the group what they thought about it. What did she mean by "give a mother back to her girl?" What does that have to do with the newspaper clipping that would reveal the truth about what happened to her family?

 

Members of the group began to open up with their personal experiences and beliefs about reality and memory. After a bit of discussion, one of the women turned the question back onto me. What did I think it meant?   

 

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Bethune Middle School

Students from our Club at Bethune Middle School.


Divergent!

Students from our Club at Bethune Middle School came with us to see the first film installment of our favorite trilogy. Our verdict: thumbs up! 

  


Books We're Reading

In Cold Blood

by Truman Capote

 

Life After Life

by Kate Atkinson

 

Looking for Alaska

by John Green

 

Divergent

by Veronica Roth

 

Eleanor and Park

by Rainbow Rowell

  

The Lighthouse Road

by Peter Geye

 

 


Book Review

by Paige Turner

 

 

"Hindsight's a wonderful thing. If we all had it there would be no history to write about." 

 

What if resurrection didn't work quite the way that the Hindus imagined it and, instead of being reborn as another being, we kept coming back to the same life over and over? This seems to be the case with Kate Atkinson's Life After Life's Ursula Todd, who, on the night she is born, dies before she can take her first breath. In another scenario, or in another life, on the same night, Ursula Todd is born and survives. So goes Kate Atkinson's story of a woman who continues to live and continues to die, becoming more and more aware each time. 

 

 

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To the Riordan Foundation

for generously granting ROM $11,000

in support of our inmate programming!


Afterword
 

If you have any questions or comments, 

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