JUSTICE UNBOUND BOOK CLUB
All are welcome to join Legal Aid Society’s book club, Justice Unbound. We believe that stories have the power to create empathy and connect communities. Our book club aims to explore issues related to civil legal justice, better understand the challenges facing low-income communities, and inspire creative solutions to complicated and systemic issues.
Benefits of Joining
20% discount on all book club books at Carmichaels Bookstore
Invitation to our Books and Breakfast series (our book discussion events)
Connection with a community of individuals passionate about civil legal justice
Help Us Choose Our Next Book!
Stories from the Tenants Downstairs by Sidik Fofana
Set in the early 1950s, this latest novel from Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist Like Gloria Naylor’s The Women of Brewster Place and Lin Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights, Sidik Fofana’s electrifying collection of eight interconnected stories showcases the strengths, struggles, and hopes of one residential community in a powerful storytelling experience.
The Unicorn Woman by Gayl Jones
Set in the early 1950s, this latest novel from Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist Gayl Jones follows the witty but perplexing army veteran Buddy Ray Guy as he embodies the fate of Black soldiers who return, not in glory, but into their Jim Crow communities.
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
In 1936, tucked deep into the woods of Troublesome Creek, KY, lives blue-skinned 19-year-old Cussy Carter, the last living female of the rare Blue People ancestry. The lonely young Appalachian woman joins the historical Pack Horse Library Project of Kentucky and becomes a librarian, riding across slippery creek beds and up treacherous mountains on her faithful mule to deliver books and other reading material to the impoverished hill people of Eastern Kentucky.
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Past Reading
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MAID by Stephanie Land
March 2025
“I had to stop hoping for someone to come along and love me. I had to do it myself, ducking my head and barreling through anything life brought. I felt like sitting down meant I wasn't doing enough - like the sort of lazy welfare recipient I was assumed to be.”
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Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
October 2024
“Live long enough, and all things you ever loved can turn around to scorch you blind. The wonder is that you could start life with nothing, end with nothing, and lose so much in between.”
Thanks to Carmichael’s Bookstore for offering all Justice Unbound Book Club members 20% our book selections!
Simply let the cashier know you are a member of Justice Unbound Book Club at check out.