Celebrate BPL's centennial by reading some of the best books from the past 100 years. Our first featured book is Passing by Nella Larsen\, the 1920s classic novel of the Harlem Rena issance. Check out BPL's quarterly program guide and website for additiona l meeting dates and times to join us on a monthly journey to explore class ics from each decade. \;
\nMore about Passing b
y Nella Larsen: \;
Irene Redfield is a Black woman livin
g an affluent\, comfortable life with her husband and children in the thri
ving neighborhood of Harlem in the 1920s. When she reconnects with her chi
ldhood friend Clare Kendry\, who is similarly light-skinned\, Irene discov
ers that Clare has been passing for a white woman after severing ties to h
er past--even hiding the truth from her racist husband.
Clar
e finds herself drawn to Irene's sense of ease \; with her Black ident
ity and longs for the community she lost. Irene is both riveted and repuls
ed by Clare and her dangerous secret\, as Clare begins to insert herself--
and her deception--into every part of Irene's stable existence. First publ
ished in 1929\, Larsen's brilliant examination of the various ways in whic
h we all seek to "pass\," is as timely as ever. (Goodreads)
Continue exploring the decades wit h us! \;
\nLearn more about April's book\, Bra ve New World \;by Aldous Huxley (1930s) HERE
\nLearn more about May's book\, The Lottery and Other Stories \;by Shirley Jackson (1940s) HERE
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