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Hey there, fellow bookworms and wine enthusiasts! Get ready to uncork your thoughts and pour yourself a glass because this episode we're diving deep into Colson Whitehead's powerful and poignant novel, The Nickel Boys.
Join us as we navigate the harrowing corridors of the Nickel Academy, a juvenile reform school in Florida that concealed a brutal reality beneath its façade of rehabilitation. We'll explore the intertwined fates of Elwood, a young idealist shaped by the Civil Rights movement, and Turner, a pragmatic survivor.
What does it mean to be innocent in a system designed to crush you? How does the legacy of racial injustice continue to haunt the present? And what truths can we learn so that history doesn’t repeat itself? We'll wrestle with these tough questions and more, all while suggesting a wine pairing to complement the emot ...