“The women in black, so named for the black frocks they wear while working at Goode’s department store, are busy selling ladies’ dresses during the holiday rush…Glamorous Magda runs the high-end gowns department. A Slovenian émigré, Magda is cultured and continental and hopes to open her own boutique one day.” This novel by Australian author Madeleine St John takes place in Sydney circa 1959.
“One is compelled to say that for Slovenians, even in times of struggle for bare existence, books were as vital for survival as loaves of bread.” Aleš Debeljak (1961-2016)- Slovenian Literato
The SUA online book club brings members across the country together and there are several regulars! We meet quarterly to read and discuss books to help us better understand our Slovenian heritage as it pertains to the main Slovenian immigration periods to the U.S. and elsewhere. We also read books that explain what was happening in the homeland or nearby countries in these same time periods. Please read the article “SUA Zoom Book Club” to see the first six books we read (we started in the fall of 2021): Click here to see full article.
Members, email [email protected] for more details and the link to register for quarterly SUA Book Club Zoom meetings.
Email [email protected] to get on the book club list. If you would like to lead a separate book group, please send your proposal to [email protected] and it will get forwarded to the SUA Board for review. An additional book group(s) could meet a few times a year or a limited series could be organized around a specific time period, a specific topic or a selection of books by a specific author.
