Somewhere in the Future - A Boozy Book Club Event

The Boozy Book Club is a new "twist" on book clubs (pun intended).

1. Read the selected book - discounts are available through Gilbert and Ivy
2. Join us to enjoy themed beverages and snacks
3. Discuss the book and make new friends

Date: May 7, 2026 at 6:30 pm

Themes: Somewhere in the Future

Book: I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

Cost: $20 per person (book not included)/ $35.25 (with book)

Location: Prairie Ronde Artist Gallery; 101 East Prairie Street - Vicksburg

Registration Required, seating limited

This event is being brought to you by Gilbert and Ivy, The Bar Babes and the Prairie Ronde Artist Residency

Book Summary

Deep underground, thirty-nine women live imprisoned in a cage. Watched over by guards, the women have no memory of how they got there, no notion of time, and only a vague recollection of their lives before.

As the burn of electric light merges day into night and numberless years pass, a young girl—the fortieth prisoner—sits alone and outcast in the corner. Soon she will show herself to be the key to the others' escape and survival in the strange world that awaits them above ground.

About the Author

Jacqueline Harpman was born in Etterbeek, Belgium, in 1929, and fled to Casablanca with her family during WWII. Informed by her background as a psychoanalyst and her youth in exile, I Who Have Never Known Men is a haunting, heartbreaking post-apocalyptic novel of female friendship and intimacy, and the lengths people will go to maintain their humanity in the face of devastation. Back in print for the first time since 1997, Harpman’s modern classic is an important addition to the growing canon of feminist speculative literature.