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Book Discussion: Crooked Hallelujah by Kelli Jo Ford
Book Discussion: Crooked Hallelujah by Kelli Jo Ford

Tue, Nov 14

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Stone Soup Books

Book Discussion: Crooked Hallelujah by Kelli Jo Ford

In lush and empathic prose, Kelli Jo Ford depicts what this family of proud, stubborn, Cherokee women sacrifice for those they love, amid larger forces of history, religion, class, and culture. This is a big-hearted and ambitious novel of the powerful bonds between mothers and daughters.

Time & Location

Nov 14, 2023, 6:30 PM

Stone Soup Books, 150 Race Ave, Waynesboro, VA 22980, USA

About the Event

Drop in book discussion group. Only rule is we discuss the book! Let us know if you need a copy of the book. SPECIAL announcement - the author will be dropping in as well!

Our Nov 14, 2023 discussion is on “Crooked Hallelujah” by Kelli Jo Ford

About the book:

It's 1974 in the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and  fifteen-year-old Justine grows up in a family of tough, complicated,  and loyal women, presided over by her mother, Lula, and Granny. After  Justine's father abandoned the family, Lula became a devout member of  the Holiness Church - a community that Justine at times finds stifling  and terrifying. But Justine does her best as a devoted daughter, until  an act of violence sends her on a different path forever. Crooked Hallelujah tells the stories of Justine--a mixed-blood Cherokee woman-- and her  daughter, Reney, as they move from Eastern Oklahoma's Indian Country in…

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