Welcome to the Hill Family Book Club! We are launching this book club at the start of 2017 beginning with the book titled Tribe. This book was written by Sebastian Junger and published in 2016.
The author's notes and introduction have already been an eye-opener. I thought that I was being PC in using the term Native American, only to find out that the Native Americans prefer the term American Indian, as any person born in the US is considered Native American. Although this book is short in length it seems as though it will be packed in content. I found it interesting that this launched from an article that the author had written for Vanity Fair Magazine. The topic of PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) is such a buzz term these days and many people, including myself, have had their lives impacted from this disorder. I feel grateful that I was healed from this, but have great empathy for those in the throws of PTSD.
The title also includes the tag line, "On Homecoming and Belonging", I thought that this seemed perfect for a family book club.
I was greatly moved by the author's story of hitch-hiking across the US and the man that went out of his way to check on the author when he saw him walking with the pack on his back. The generosity of the unknown man in the union suit touched me and made me take a quick and then a lengthy account of where I would stand in relation to this man's generosity....would I walk out of the way up to the highway to check on a complete stranger and then offer away my only food that I had for lunch? I would like to say yes, but I will not really know that answer until I am in that position.
I am drawn into the book and had to stop myself from reading straight through.
Please add comments and Happy Reading Everyone!!!
