Jot Book Club – Autobiography of Cotton by Cristina Rivera Garza
September 30 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Meet and talk with other readers in an informal, loosely structured setting about your impressions, feelings, interpretations, associations and pleasures of reading our chosen book.
Our May Book Club will be reading Autobiography of Cotton by Cristina Rivera Garza.
Purchase of the book from the Jot pop-up shop outside Station South every second Sunday or from www.jotbookshop.com will secure you a place in the club on a first come first served basis.
About the book:
Part memoir, part history and part literary investigation, Autobiography of Cotton follows Cristina Rivera Garza as she uncovers the story of her grandparents, who worked in the cotton fields of northern Mexico. Blending family history with wider themes of labour, migration, landscape and memory, it’s a beautifully written and thought-provoking exploration of the lives and histories woven into the fabric of cotton itself.