Lit with Liberate: Woodworking

Lit with Liberate will meet in August to discuss Woodworking by Emily St. James. Multiple copies are available to borrow, email ga@library.gg to reserve yours.

Come along for snacks, drinks and book chat in the Linwood Pitts Room on the third floor of the Library. No booking required. If you haven’t read the book but want to come along for a taster of the reading group please do. All welcome. 

ABOUT THE BOOK

Erica Skyberg is thirty-five years old, recently divorced—and trans. Not that she's told anyone yet. Mitchell, South Dakota, isn't exactly bursting with other trans women. Instead, she keeps to herself, teaching by day and directing community theater by night. That is, until Abigail Hawkes enters her orbit.

Abigail is seventeen, Mitchell High’s resident political dissident and Only Trans Girl. It’s a role she plays faultlessly, albeit a little reluctantly. She's also annoyed by the idea of spending her senior year secretly guiding her English teacher through her transition. But Abigail remembers the uncertainty—and loneliness—that comes with it. Besides, Erica isn’t the only one struggling to shed the weight of others’ expectations.

As their unlikely friendship evolves under the increasing scrutiny of their community, both women—and those closest to them—will come to realize that sometimes there is nothing more radical than letting the world see who you really are.