Waterloo’s November Girly Book Club
Abe Erb Brewing Company - Kitchener, 151 Charles Street West, Kitchener, ON, Canada
Color me In by Natasha Diaz
Who is Nevaeh Levitz?Growing up in an affluent suburb of New York City, sixteen-year-old Nevaeh Levitz never thought much about her biracial roots. When her Black mom and Jewish dad split up, she relocates to her mom’s family home in Harlem and is forced to confront her identity for the first time.
Nevaeh wants to get to know her extended family, but one of her cousins can’t stand that Nevaeh, who inadvertently passes as white, is too privileged, pampered, and selfish to relate to the injustices they face on a daily basis as African Americans. In the midst of attempting to blend their families, Nevaeh’s dad decides that she should have a belated bat mitzvah instead of a sweet sixteen, which guarantees social humiliation at her posh private school. Even with the push and pull of her two cultures, Nevaeh does what she’s always done when life gets complicated: she stays silent.
It’s only when Nevaeh stumbles upon a secret from her mom’s past, finds herself falling in love, and sees firsthand the prejudice her family faces that she begins to realize she has a voice. And she has choices. Will she continue to let circumstances dictate her path? Or will she find power in herself and decide once and for all who and where she is meant to be?
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Very excited to come for my first book club!
Looking forward to meeting you Julie!
So happy to have found a local bookclub! Looking forward to the 25th! 😀
See you then! 🙂
My first meeting too!
Hi Johanna, I’m sorry for the late notice. I won’t be able to make it to book club tonight! Hope to join in in the new year!
Sorry you couldn’t make it Ally! Looking forward to meeting you in the New Year 🙂