Edmonton Lesbian+ Book Club

Hi everybody, remember, we are meeting on the last Wednesday of the month, that means August 31st! Hope to see you there to talk about Dorothy Allison's Bastard Out of Carolina . A few discussion questions for you to consider between now and then... 1. Bone is nicknamed when, at birth, her "Uncle Earle announced that I was ‘no bigger than a knucklebone.’" In what way does this name come to define her character? Does it reflect on her life in any way other than her size? 2. When Bone is born, Anney is fifteen, dirt poor, and unmarried. With so many obstacles, why is she so focused on Bone’s birth certificate, which no one but her will see? How does she pass this preoccupation on to Bone? 3. Bone’s identity as a female shifts tremendously throughout the book. She worships her uncles and takes pride in being a tomboy. Yet, on page 91 she says, "I liked being one of the women with my aunts, liked being a part of something nasty and strong and separate

Big changes everybody! New meeting dates - permanent change! Adjustments to reading list! Most importantly, we now meet the LAST Wednesday of the month. Yes, we just had our August gathering a couple of days ago, but we'll meet again this month on the last Wednesday of the month, and continue with that from here on in. Be there or be square, okay? Secondly, the local bookstore hasn't got copies of Persistence yet so we bumped Dorothy Allison's Bastard Out of Carolina . I read it already and it is powerful stuff, so please don't skip this one! This week our discussion of On Dangerous Ground was great - it was a light read, written by an acquaintance of one of our members. The author asked our friend "should she write a sequel?" and well, the reply from book club is "I'd read it!" Thanks for the slightly pulpy butch cop fantasies provided by this little nugget of a novel, DL Line. Oh and one more title added to the reading list breaking from our