This month we will be reading:

In the Face of the Sun by Denny S. Bryce :

In the Face of the Sun is a dual timeline story taking place primarily in 1968 and in 1928 — In 1928, Daisy is working as a maid at the new Hotel Somerville, an elite and popular hotel for African-Americans in Los Angeles, where the 1928 NAACP convention is being held. Daisy is also an aspiring writer and agrees to feed gossip to Harry Belmont, a newspaper writer who offers Daisy a small cut for her intel, which she needs to help her family out.

In 1968, Frankie is leaving her abusive husband in Chicago, and heading back to her mother’s house in Los Angeles. Her journey doesn’t start as smoothly as she planned, and she ends up traveling across the country with her Aunt Daisy. The trip is brimming with long-held family tension and past resentments.

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