Brother by David Chariandy Book Discussion of Brother by David Chariandy The Urban Life Experience Book Discussion Series continued on Saturday September 12. Thirteen of us met over Zoom to discuss Brother by Canadian author David Chariandy. We all were struck so much with the poetic and multi-sensory language of the book, while telling a story that’s so heartbreaking. Two brothers, Michael and Francis are growing up in a housing complex with their single mom in Toronto. It’s implied that their father still lives in the same city but has nothing to do with them. The mother regularly strings together three jobs just so they can have groceries. Their mom is a Trinidadian immigrant who warns her sons repeatedly to take advantage of education and not become “hardened” so that they can be able to have a better life. Michael is in love with a girl from his school named Aisha who is extremely smart. She actually wins a university scholarship. But ...
The Urban Life Experience Book Discussion Series meets approximately once every six weeks at the Courtland S. Wilson Branch of the New Haven Free Public Library in New Haven, CT.