In collaboration with the Center for Equity and Inclusion, the UW Tacoma Library is ecstatic to announce that our award-winning social justice book club, Real Lit[erature], will be reading These Fleeting Shadows by local author Kate Alice Marshall for Fall Quarter 2024!
The Haunting of Hill House meets Knives Out in a bid for an inheritance that will leave Helen Vaughan either rich…or dead.
Helen Vaughan doesn’t know why she and her mother left their ancestral home at Harrowstone Hall, called Harrow, or why they haven’t spoken to their extended family since. So when her grandfather dies, she’s shocked to learn that he has left everything—the house, the grounds, and the money—to her. The inheritance comes with one condition: she must stay on the grounds of Harrow for one full year, or she’ll be left with nothing.
There is more at stake than money. For as long as she can remember, Harrow has haunted Helen’s dreams—and now those dreams have become a waking nightmare. Helen knows that if she is going to survive the year, she needs to uncover the secrets of Harrow. Why is the house built like a labyrinth? What is digging the holes that appear in the woods each night?And why does the house itself seem to be making her sick?
With each twisted revelation, Helen questions what she knows about Harrow, her family, and even herself. She no longer wonders if she wants to leave… but if she can.
What is Real Lit?
Real Lit[erature] reads books about social justice and is open to anyone affiliated with UW: students, faculty, and staff!
Build community, reduce isolation and enhance campus education by joining a peer-based book club! The goals of Real Lit have always been to create greater awareness and discussion of the experiences that are being had by our students, staff, and community members. Interacting with narratives that reflect different experiences has provided opportunities for dialogue with peers about both shared and disparate experiences.
- We strive to be an actively anti-racist space and spend the first session crafting and reviewing community agreements.
- Meetings will be completely remote, via Zoom: Thursdays 12:30-1:20 beginning 9/26.
- Zoom link will be forthcoming after sign ups.
- Please note: Real Lit is completely optional and you will not be graded. Students receive copies of books on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Questions? Feel free to reach out to alainac@uw.edu, jmjk@uw.edu, cej6692@uw.edu, ncol3j@uw.edu, lcole5@uw.edu, msphares@uw.edu or lgonza3@uw.edu.
To register for Fall Quarter 2024: Sign Up Here!
Accommodations:
Zoom video sessions can be close-captioned. We will work with you for further disability accommodation.