The Hoosier Authors Book Club enters its 11th year with five planned book discussions.
The second meeting will take place at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Lew Wallace Carriage House at 200 Wallace Ave. The General Lew Wallace Study & Museum’s book club will discuss The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty.
This is a National Book Award-winning debut novel about four teenagers aging out of the foster care system in the fictional, post-industrial city of Vacca Vale, Indiana, exploring themes of loneliness, community, and the search for transcendence amidst urban decay, culminating in a shocking act of violence. The story centers on the brilliant but troubled Blandine, who lives with three boys in an apartment complex known as “The Rabbit Hutch,” as they navigate a dying city and their own difficult pasts. The action takes place over one sweltering week in July.
Publishers Weekly ultimately named The Rabbit Hutch one of the top ten books of 2022, regardless of genre.
A limited number of books will be available for check-out at the Carriage House at the General Lew Wallace Study & Museum. If you can’t attend the discussion in person, you can attend by Zoom! Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/mTlbCj5DRgKMLWlhdcx_JA
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Other books that will be read by the Hoosier Authors Book Club this year include: Joy Goddess: A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance by A’Lelia Bundles (who plans on joining the discussion via Zoom) on Sept. 17; and When Knighthood was in Flower by Charles Major on Oct. 15.
All discussions are free and open to the public. Meetings are held in the ADA-compliant Carriage House Interpretive Center. For more information about the Hoosier Authors Book Club visit https://www.ben-hur.com/programs/hoosier-authors-book-club/.
