Sundays | 1:30 pm | In person in Room 120 or online at allsouls.me/asr
All Souls Reads is a book discussion group that explores the human condition when encountering and overcoming oppressive circumstance. Rev. Gerald Davis facilitates each month.
October 6, 2024
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
A young boy born into poverty ad hardship navigates life’s challenges with resilience, humor, and a gift for storytelling in the modern-day adaptation on David Copperfield set in rural Appalachia.
December 1, 2024
54 Miles: A Novel by Leonard Pitts Jr.
In his work of historical fiction, Pulitzer winning author Leonard Pitts takes us through the fateful weeks of March 1965—from the infamous “Bloody Sunday” march at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on the 7th to the triumphant entry into Montgomery on the 25th that climaxed the voting rights campaign—and allows us to glimpse the lives of the families who find themselves confronting the past amid another flashpoint in American history.
February 2, 2025
The Briar Club by Kate Quinn
Capturing the paranoia of the McCarthy era and evoking the changing roles for women in postwar America, The Briar Club is an intimate and thrilling novel of secrets and loyalty put to the test set in a 1950s women’s boarding house in Washington, DC.
April 6, 2025
The God of the Woods by Liz Morris
Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. It’s occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara is the daughter of the family who owns the camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished 14 years ago, never to be found. Moore’s multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances.
June 1, 2025
Did Everyone Have an Imaginary Friend (Or Just Me)? by Jay Ellis
A testament to the importance of invention, trusting oneself, and making space for creativity. Ellis’ memoir is of a kid who confided in his imaginary sidekick to navigate parallel pop culture universes, birthday disappointments and hoop dreams gone bad. “Mikey” also guides Ellis through tragedies like losing this teenage cousin in a mistaken-target drive-by and the shame and fear of being pulled over by cops almost a dozen times the year he got his driver’s license.
