Parable of the Sower - Octavia Butler

In-Person Book Club Event - June 2025

Come join us to discuss this month's poll selection, Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

Here is a short synopsis from Goodreads:

When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another day.

Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family, and neighbors, sheltered from the surrounding anarchy. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk, she suffers from hyperempathy, a debilitating sensitivity to others' pain.
Precocious and clear-eyed, Lauren must make her voice heard in order to protect her loved ones from the imminent disasters her small community stubbornly ignores. But what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: the birth of a new faith...and a startling vision of human destiny.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41161349-parable-of-the-sower

As usual, our evening will include a discussion of the current selection as well as suggestions for our next book choice! If you couldn't make it to our last gathering, never fret; just grab a copy and catch up with us! If you aren't able to finish the book this time around, come anyway! You can help us with suggestions for our next read!