In an effort to keep the book readers informed, here is the most current schedule of books to be read. Expand your horizons.  Meet with other UU book-lovers to discuss a wide variety of books of interest to the group. The Book club meets every third Sunday at the Church Office: 1:30 PM.  Also, these meetings are mentioned in the UUCSEA Calendar of Events.

Schedule of Meetings

May 20 2012  Bonobo Handshake by Vanessa Woods   

A young woman follows her fiancé to war-torn Congo to study extremely endangered bonobo apes—who teach her a new truth about love and belonging .

June 17    2012 The Lost German Slave Girl: The Extraordinary True Story of Sally Miller and Her Fight For Freedom  by John Bailey

Discussion Leader:  Burl Schultz

Review by Charles R. Milbourne

Baily gives us a story worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster – a story about a young orphan German girl sold into slavery and the legal efforts made by New Orlean’s German community to set her free. The story has many exciting twists and turns.

As good as the story is is Baily’s account of Louisiana’s case law concerning slaves and redemptioners (indentured whites). The law is familiar and strange. Familiar because we know the legal procedures; strange because the law we learn about treats people as property.