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Twelve Years a Slave
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Non-Fiction Group Read (Mar 2014) - Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
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I'm the same. I'm not sure whether or not I want to read it, but I know I'll try and fit it in after I've done all my reading for the month. I will definitely keep up with the discussion though!
I really need to go get a copy if this. I really want to read it!



Have any if you seen the film? Do you plan to once you've read the book?


Have any if you seen the film? Do you plan to once you've read the book?"
I have watched the film. The awards are absolutely deserved. It doesn't pull any punches, and I normally would say the film is not for the faint of heart -- but honestly, it has to be watched. Because I feel like a lot of people really don't comprehend the scale of the atrocities committed, that it was all legal, and if not legal, startintly easy to get away with. (The men who kidnapped Northup got away with it, among other reasons, because Northup, as a black man, couldn't give testimony!!! Horrific.)
This is our first non-fiction group read. I'm definitely interested in seeing how popular this is!