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\nEach week we read and d iscuss 1/4 of the book. \; Please see the weekly discussion breakdown below. \;
\nWeek 1: \; February \; 3 : Chapters 1 - 4 -- Pages 3 - 89
\nWeek 2: \; February 10 : \; Chapters 5 - 8 - - Pages 91 - 166
\nWeek 3: \; February 17: Chapters 9 - 10 -- Pa ges 167 - 219
\nWeek 4: \; February 24 : Chapters 11 - Epilogue -- Pages 221 - to the end of the book
\n"New Orleans\, 1866. The Civ il War might be over\, but formerly enslaved Coleman and June have yet to find the freedom they've been promised. Two years ago\, the siblings were separated when their old master\, Mr. Harper\, took June away to Mexico\, where he hoped to escape the new reality of the post-war South. Coleman st ayed behind in Louisiana to serve the Harper family\, clinging to the hope that one day June would return. When an unexpected letter from Mr. Harper arrives\, summoning Coleman to Mexico\, Coleman thinks that finally his p rayers have been answered. What Coleman cannot know is the tangled truth o f June's tribulations under Mr. Harper out on the frontier. And when disas ter strikes Coleman's journey\, he is forced on the run with Mr. Harper's daughter\, Florence. Together\, they venture into the Mexican desert to fi nd June\, all the while evading two crooked brothers who'll stop at nothin g to capture Coleman and Florence and collect the money they're owed. As C oleman and June separately navigate a perilous\, parched landscape\, the s iblings learn quickly that freedom isn't always given--sometimes\, it must be taken by force." -- Provided by publisher.
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