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URL:https://riponlibrary.org/events/book-club-the-mighty-red/
SUMMARY:BOOK CLUB | The Mighty Red
DESCRIPTION:MON SEPT 22 | 6:30 PM | BOOK CLUB | ADULTS\nEnjoy a friendly an
 d thoughtful discussion with other book lovers! Books are available for ch
 eck out prior to the discussion date. Stop at the library to get your copy
 . Join us in person or online for a lively discussion! A Zoom link for onl
 ine participation can be found on the library website.\nMeeting ID: 827 29
 83 5203\nPasscode: BookClub8\n \nThe Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich\nIn thi
 s stunning novel\, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award–winning author
  Louise Erdrich tells a story of love\, natural forces\, spiritual yearnin
 gs\, and the tragic impact of uncontrollable circumstances on ordinary peo
 ple’s lives.\n\nIn the Red River Valley of North Dakota\, several lives 
 revolve around a wedding fraught with desire\, jealousy\, and uncertainty.
  Gary Geist\, a terrified young man set to inherit two farms\, is desperat
 e to marry Kismet Poe\, an impulsive\, lapsed goth who can’t read her ow
 n future but will settle for fulfilling his. Her best friend\, Hugo\, a ge
 ntle\, red-haired\, homeschooled giant\, also loves Kismet and is determin
 ed to steal her away and build a life together. Kismet’s mother\, Crysta
 l\, drives a truck for Gary’s family\, and on her nightly runs\, tunes i
 n to the darkness of late-night radio\, experiences visions of guardian an
 gels\, and worries about what’s to come\, for her daughter and herself.
  \nHuman time\, deep time\, Red River time\, and geological time are expl
 ored alongside the impact of crises in our own time—climate change\, the
  depletion of natural resources\, the economic meltdown of 2008.--Amazon
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