Her Story: "Where They Last Saw Her" by Marcie Rendon
Book Discussion Group
2026-11-22 13:30:00
2026-11-22 15:00:00
America/Chicago
Her Story: "Where They Last Saw Her" by Marcie Rendon
This group explores stories of strong women, such as this story of a Native American woman who decides to investigate the disappearance of one of her own. Questions? E-mail dellerbrook@tscpl.org
Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library - Hughes Room 205
Sunday, November 22
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library
Hughes Room 205This group explores stories of strong women, such as this story of a Native American woman who decides to investigate the disappearance of one of her own. Questions? E-mail dellerbrook@tscpl.org
Her Story: Exploring the Lives of Strong Women
Women have always shown strength in shaping their lives and the world around them. In this book discussion group we read and talk about fiction and nonfiction that highlights the courage, resilience and experiences of women past and present.
This month's book is Where They Last Saw Her by Marcie Rendon
All they heard was her scream. Quill has lived on the Red Pine reservation in Minnesota her whole life. She knows what happens to people who look like her. Just a girl when Jimmy Sky jumped off the railway bridge and she ran for help, Quill realizes now that she hasn't ever stopped running. As she trains for the Boston Marathon early one morning out in the woods, she hears a scream. When she investigates, she finds tire tracks and a lone, beaded earring. Things are different now for Quill than when she was a lonely girl. Her friends Punk and Gaylyn are two women who don't know what it means to quit; she has her loving husband, Crow, and two beautiful children who challenge her to be better every day. So when she realizes another woman has been stolen, she is determined to do something-and her first stop is the group of men working the pipeline construction just north of their homes. As Quill closes in on the truth behind the missing woman in the woods, someone else disappears. In her quest to find justice for the women of the reservation, she is confronted with the hard truths of their home and the people who purport to serve them. When will she stop losing neighbors, friends, family? As Quill puts herself, her family, and everything she's built on the line to make a difference, the novel asks searing questions about bystander culture, the reverberations of even one act of crime, and the long-lasting trauma of being invisible.
Email dellerbrook@tscpl.org if you need help getting a copy of the book or have any other questions.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Books/Authors/Writing |
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