We're reading Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon Wood. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 2024, with the committee calling it "an American love story—one that would challenge the nation’s core precepts of life, liberty, and justice for all—one that challenges us even now." The Crafts escaped from Georgia in 1848, with light-skinned Ellen disguised as a disabled white gentleman and William as her manservant. 

On Dec. 1, members discussed Percival Everett’s best-selling novel James. It reimagines Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of Jim. Amazon calls James "both harrowing and darkly humorous." The novel just won the National Book Award and is in development as a feature film to be produced by Steven Spielberg.