{"id":5952,"date":"2024-09-11T06:03:30","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T13:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/?p=5952"},"modified":"2024-09-11T06:03:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T13:03:30","slug":"november-book-club-vanessa-lillie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/november-book-club-vanessa-lillie\/","title":{"rendered":"November Book Club: Vanessa Lillie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/vanessa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5953 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/vanessa-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/vanessa-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/vanessa-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/vanessa-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/vanessa.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/blood-sisters.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5215 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/blood-sisters-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/blood-sisters-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/blood-sisters.jpg 664w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a>Vanessa Lillie, author of last year&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Blood Sisters,\u00a0<\/em>will be joining our November book club via zoom on Sunday, November 17th at 2 p.m.\u00a0 This is a wonderful first in a series novel featuring a Cherokee woman who works for the Bureau of Indian Affairs.\u00a0 She lives in Rhode Island but is called back to her Native Oklahoma, where she encounters ghosts of her past as well as a wall of family resentment and hostility.\u00a0 She&#8217;s an archeologist, so she&#8217;s been called back to examine a skull that&#8217;s been found with her ID in it&#8217;s jaws.\u00a0 This was a wonderful, textured, emotional read, one of my favorites of 2023.\u00a0 My review can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/vanessa-lillie-blood-sisters\/\">here<\/a>.\u00a0 All are welcome.\u00a0 Copies (paperbacks available after October 1) are available on our website.\u00a0 If you&#8217;d like the zoom link, message me on facebook or email me at store (at) auntagathas.com.<\/p>\n<p>We take a break in December and will be meeting on zoom through the winter, beginning in January.\u00a0 If you have suggestions for book club reads, please message or email me!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vanessa Lillie, author of last year&#8217;s\u00a0Blood Sisters,\u00a0will be joining our November book club via zoom on Sunday, November 17th at 2 p.m.\u00a0 This is a wonderful first in a series novel featuring a Cherokee woman who works for the Bureau of Indian Affairs.\u00a0 She lives in Rhode Island but is called back to her Native &#8230; 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