The 2020 One Book South Dakota, Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church by Megan Phelps-Roper, has arrived at the South Dakota Humanities Council office and is available for discussion programs at libraries statewide.
The book examines the author’s unusual upbringing and her life-altering decision to leave her infamous and outspoken family, known nationwide for raucous protests at funerals of U.S. soldiers and other public events, for a quiet life in rural South Dakota.
Since 2003, the One Book South Dakota program has encouraged people across the state to read and discuss the same book throughout the year. Libraries can borrow copies of the One Book from SDHC for a $50 application fee (with reduced rates and waivers available based on operating budgets) and, if desired, can host an SDHC scholar to facilitate their discussion.
To learn more about the book and its author, and to apply to host a discussion, visit http://sdhumanities.org/programs-and-events/obsd/. If you would like a paper application mailed to you, please call 605-688-6113 or email deb@sdhumanities.org.
Phelps-Roper will also visit South Dakota libraries and other cultural sites this summer and fall as part of her One Book author tour. Host applications will be available in March, with details to be posted on http://sdhumanities.org/ and included in a future edition of Cornerstone. The tour will culminate in an appearance at the 2020 South Dakota Festival of Books, Oct. 2-4 in Brookings.
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| Megan Phelps-Roper signs copies of her book, "Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church" after it was revealed as the 2020 One Book South Dakota Dec. 3. |
The book examines the author’s unusual upbringing and her life-altering decision to leave her infamous and outspoken family, known nationwide for raucous protests at funerals of U.S. soldiers and other public events, for a quiet life in rural South Dakota.
Since 2003, the One Book South Dakota program has encouraged people across the state to read and discuss the same book throughout the year. Libraries can borrow copies of the One Book from SDHC for a $50 application fee (with reduced rates and waivers available based on operating budgets) and, if desired, can host an SDHC scholar to facilitate their discussion.
To learn more about the book and its author, and to apply to host a discussion, visit http://sdhumanities.org/programs-and-events/obsd/. If you would like a paper application mailed to you, please call 605-688-6113 or email deb@sdhumanities.org.
Phelps-Roper will also visit South Dakota libraries and other cultural sites this summer and fall as part of her One Book author tour. Host applications will be available in March, with details to be posted on http://sdhumanities.org/ and included in a future edition of Cornerstone. The tour will culminate in an appearance at the 2020 South Dakota Festival of Books, Oct. 2-4 in Brookings.