Book Club- ONLINE- Feb 26th - The Mistress of Spices
What- A Free Book Club offered online and in person
When - last Thursday of the Month- Feb 26th
Where- online
Time- 6:30
Book- The Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
cost- 1 penny to make it available on the website
This book club is a chance to read fiction books that have have a element of plants. Some will be historical fiction, fantasy, romantasy, myth retelling, cozy mystery etc but all will have somesort of plant aspect to it. So if you like to talk about witches, goddesses, herbalists and deepen connections to like minded people. check us out.
You will need to register for inperson limited space) and online (to get the link to join) but the cost is totally free. Books will be announced at least 6 weeks out so you have time to buy or check out a copy. We will have a discussion and some herbal goodies and hopefully build a community.
This book club is open to everyone. There will be discussions that are frank and honest and sometimes might be triggering.
In The Mistress of Spices, Divakaruni tells the story of Tilo, a young woman born in another time, in a faraway place, who is trained in the ancient art of spices and ordained as a mistress charged with special powers. Once fully initiated in a rite of fire, the now immortal Tilo–in the gnarled and arthritic body of an old woman–travels through time to Oakland, California, where she opens a shop from which she administers spices as curatives to the local Indian community.
Trigger warnings:
Domestic Abuse
Bullying
Sexual Assault
Violence
Racism
Cultural Conflict