Galena - Read Between the Spines Book Club: The Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson In-Person
Do you like talking about books? Join us at the Galena Branch for our new book club for adults! This month's selection is "The Yellow Wife" by Sadeqa Johnson. Copies of the book are available to check out at Galena Digital Library for registered participants.
About the book:
Born on a plantation in Charles City, Virginia, Pheby Delores Brown has lived a relatively sheltered life. Shielded by her mother’s position as the estate’s medicine woman and cherished by the Master’s sister, she is set apart from the others on the plantation, belonging to neither world.
She’d been promised freedom on her eighteenth birthday, but instead of the idyllic life she imagined with her true love, Essex Henry, Pheby is forced to leave the only home she has ever known. She unexpectedly finds herself thrust into the bowels of slavery at the infamous Devil’s Half Acre, a jail in Richmond, Virginia, where the enslaved are broken, tortured, and sold every day. There, Pheby is exposed not just to her Jailer’s cruelty but also to his contradictions. To survive, Pheby will have to outwit him, and she soon faces the ultimate sacrifice.
- Date:
- Tuesday, February 17, 2026
- Time:
- 5:30pm - 6:45pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Galena Conference Room
- Branch:
- Galena Digital Branch
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Book Groups