🚨 Spoiler alert! 🚨 This week, we're discussing a major event that unfolds in Chapter 15 of "The Sweetness of Water." If you haven't read through that chapter, feel free to save this post and come back later. If you're caught up, watch Oprah's video for this week's discussion questions and let us know your thoughts. #ReadWithUs | Oprah's Book Club

We hope you’ve had a chance to enjoy the beginning of this remarkable novel. As Prentiss and Landry adjust to life as freedmen, they can’t shake the feeling that danger is around every corner, despite meeting the compassionate and kind Walker family. What aspects of Old Ox and the author’s portrayal of the Reconstruction Era have parallels with our country’s current turmoil? And if Landry decided to speak — what do you think he would say? We can’t wait to hear your thoughts. #ReadWithUs | Oprah'

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My next Oprah's Book Club is “The Sweetness of Water” by Nathan Harris. The novel is set in the fictional town of “old ox” Georgia at the end of the Civil War where we meet Prentiss and Landry, two brothers who have only known life as enslaved people. As they walk off the plantation where they’ve watched their mother be sold off, they now face a whole new set of problems. What will freedom look like? Where do you go? Who can you trust? This is Nathan’s debut novel and I’m thrilled to introduce h

Oprah Winfrey's latest selection for Oprah's Book Club is... "The Sweetness of Water,” which takes place in the days after the Emancipation Proclamation. Tony Dokoupil sat down with author Nathan Harris as Oprah announced her pick. | CBS Mornings