My October Book Pick - Jessica Shook

I have sat with this book, Small Great Things, in my lap closed and finished, trying to put into words my feelings about this book. And I find how hard it is to describe. Painful. Gut-wrenching. So, so difficult. But so worth all the pain because it is nothing to the pain happening around our country and the world. This book sheds such a beautiful light on such an ugly topic. It opens eyes. It forms a bridge. It teaches and shocks and cuts and attempts to stitch the gaping wound.

As a caucasian conservative, I felt the sting of it appearing as though most caucasian conservatives agree with the radial claims made throughout the case. But I can’t nit-pick this book apart either, because a case was so beautifully laid out in the difference of equality and equity. Treating each other the same (which is impossible because of our differences) and celebrating our differences in a respectful way. And that transcends race, gender, political affiliates, and religion. It rallies around the human race as a whole.

Let me leave you with a quote from the book itself, “There is nothing more selfish than trying to change someone’s mind because they don’t think like you.”

If there was ever a Jodi Picoult book to read, this one is it.