We all felt we gained a perspective of lives affected by the second World War that we otherwise never would have thought of. One of our group described it as a novel that gives us “footnotes in a larger history”. We agreed the novel covered a fascinating slice of time, presenting the experience of Black (and other “other”) jazz musicians, some of whom have travelled from the US to Europe, where opportunities abound, but then finding themselves caught in the chaos and threat of Nazi Germany. Our discussion started with the admission of surprise that the book is set in a period, the run-up to World War II, that we might not immediately think of as being a significant part of Black history. Carnegie Library Reading group chose this book as part of Black History Month.
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