Reading on the Ave Book Club: Five Smooth Stones
All are welcome to attend the Reading on the Avenue Book Club, which meets in the Community Room of Willow Glen Library. On Wednesday, March 26, we'll be discussing Five Smooth Stones by Ann Fairbairn, originally published in 1966.
David Champlin is a black man born into poverty in Depression-era New Orleans who makes his way up the ladder of success, only to sacrifice everything to lead his people in the civil rights movement. Sara Kent is the white girl who loves David from the moment she first sees him, and who struggles against his belief that a marriage for them would be wrong in the violent world he has to confront. And the "five smooth stones" are those the biblical David carried against Goliath. By the time this novel comes to its climax of horror, bloodshed, and hope, readers will be convinced that its enduring popularity is fully justified.
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Willow Glen Library
1157 Minnesota Ave
San Jose, CA 95125
United States
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Willow Glen Public Library
Willow Glen Public Library
1157 Minnesota Ave
San Jose, CA 95125
Willow Glen Library
1157 Minnesota Ave
San Jose, CA 95125
United States