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Book Group

There There

2024-11-20 12:00:00 2024-11-20 13:00:00 America/Chicago Book Group Join us to discuss the award-winning 2018 novel "There There" by Tommy Orange. Belt Branch - CreateSpace

Wednesday, November 20
12:00pm - 1:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-11-20 12:00:00 2024-11-20 13:00:00 America/Chicago Book Group Join us to discuss the award-winning 2018 novel "There There" by Tommy Orange. Belt Branch - CreateSpace

Belt Branch

CreateSpace

Join us to discuss the award-winning 2018 novel "There There" by Tommy Orange.

About this month's title:

"As we learn the reasons that each person is attending the Big Oakland Powwow - some generous, some fearful, some joyful, some violent - momentum builds toward a shocking yet inevitable conclusion that changes everything. Jacquie Red Feather is newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind in shame. Dene Oxendene is pulling his life back together after his uncle's death and has come to work at the powwow to honor his uncle's memory. Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield has come to watch her nephew Orvil, who has taught himself traditional Indian dance through YouTube videos and will perform in public for the very first time. There will be glorious communion, and a spectacle of sacred tradition and pageantry. And there will be sacrifice, and heroism, and loss...There There is a wondrous and shattering portrait of an America few of us have ever seen. (amazon.com)

A limited number of physical copies of the selected title will be available in advance at the Belt Branch for check out; the eBook and eAudio version is also available on OverDrive.

This program is for adults 18+.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Book Talks |

Belt Branch

kmorris@rhcl.org
Phone: 816-232-5479
Branch manager
Kelly Morris

Hours
Mon, Dec 09 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Dec 10 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Dec 11 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Dec 12 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Dec 13 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Sat, Dec 14 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Sun, Dec 15 12:00PM to 6:00PM

About the branch

Belt Branch was expanded and renovated in 2006 and occupies a unique space in a commercial strip-mall building on the busiest thoroughfare in town.  It is open 7 days a week and offers over 30 programs per month. You can also schedule a one-on-one technology appointment or apply to get a passport.

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