Book Club at the Morris Center: "Trouble the Water"

Join us for book club at the Morris Center. This spring, we are discussing Rebecca Bruff's Trouble the Water. Inspired by the life of an unsung American hero and slave, Trouble the Water navigates the rich tributaries of courage, betrayal and redemption. In his inspiring journey, Robert Smalls witnesses great privilege and suffering alongside his owner’s daughter and the dangerous son of a firebrand secessionist. At the age of 12, he’s sent to work in Charleston, where he loads ships and learns to pilot a cotton steamer. When the Civil War erupts and his cotton steamer becomes a confederate warship, Robert seizes the opportunity to pursue freedom for himself and the people he loves.