Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (CCI) is coordinating their first-time ever Clean Water Book Club and Pat Bowen of 100Grannies is offering to host a local discussion.
The book club will be discussing Water by Jennifer Wilson in August and The Swine Republic by Chris Jones in September.
The first book is a fiction book written by an award-winning Des Moines-based writer Jennifer Wilson. The book is “an incredible introduction to Iowa’s water quality issues — packaged in a ‘sexy thriller’ that is hard to put down”.
Join a discussion group by using this link. At the link you have the option to sign up for a discussion group, order a copy of the book, or read the book by yourself and join a group call at the end of August.
The September book is The Swine Republic by Chris Jones. Dr. Jones “takes a long hard look at the science, politics, culture, and economics of Iowa agriculture and the state’s degraded waters and connects the dots”. Grannies who attended the May meeting were treated to a presentation by the author and many grannies have already begun reading the book.
Pat Bowen of 100Grannies has offered to host a book club discussion of Water in August and The Swine Republic in September. She can be contacted at legislative100grannies@gmail.com