The Grace of Silence will spur a spirited discussion of either family secrets or race relations -- preferably both! After Obama's election, Michele Norris heard family stories none of her relatives had dared to tell before. Among other things, she learned that her grandmother Ione
had worked as a traveling Aunt Jemima, advertising the brand of pancakes. If your book club has a racially mixed membership that is ready for a conversation on race, this is the book for your club. Although I didn't poll the members as to the rating, they voted with their feet. This meeting had the best attendance of any book club meeting we have had to date!