Evening Book Club presents the Carroll County on the Same Page selection

Join us for our Evening Book Club as we discuss the Adult - Carroll County on the Same Page selection.

Carroll County on the Same Page is a cooperative effort of Camden-Jackson Township Public Library, Delphi Public Library, & Flora-Monroe Township Public Library.

There are two titles this year:

All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles
(Adult Selection)

In a display case in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture sits a rough cotton bag, called Ashley’s Sack, embroidered with just a handful of words that evoke a sweeping family story of loss and love, passed down through generations. In 1850s South Carolina, an enslaved woman named Rose gave this sack filled with a few precious items to her daughter, Ashley, as a token of love and to try to ensure her survival. Soon after, the nine-year-old girl was separated from her mother and sold. Decades later, Ashley’s granddaughter, Ruth embroidered this family history on the bag in spare yet haunting language—including Rose’s wish that “It be filled with my Love always.”

Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
(Children's Selection)

Using original slave auction and plantation estate documents, Ashley Bryan offers a moving and powerful picture book that contrasts the monetary value of a person with the priceless value of life experiences and dreams that a slave owner could never take away.

All That She Carried and Freedom Over Me are presented by Indiana Humanities in partnership with the Indiana Center for the Book and the Indiana State Library as part of Indiana Humanities’ Advancing Racial Equity Project, supported by Lilly Endowment.

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