Ellenwood Book Discussion-"The House of Eve"

Adults

Join us for a lively and thoughtful discussion of "The House of Eve" by Sadeqa Johnson. This event will be held in person at Ellenwood Community Center.

Attend our October monthly book discussion at Ellenwood Community Center - this month we're reading and discussing The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson

Copies of the book will be available at the Bedford Branch and at the Ellenwood Center one month before the date of the discussion.

"Fifteen-year-old Ruby Pearsall is on track to becoming the first in her family to attend college, in spite of having a mother more interested in keeping a man than raising a daughter. But a taboo love affair threatens to pull her back down into the poverty and desperation that has been passed on to her like a birthright...Eleanor Quarles arrives in Washington, DC, with ambition and secrets. When she meets the handsome William Pride at Howard University, they fall madly in love. But William hails from oneof DC's elite wealthy Black families, and his par­ents don't let just anyone into their fold. Eleanor hopes that a baby will make her finally feel at home in William's family and grant her the life she's been searching for"