Book Discussion Group Afterlife

April 24, 2023 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM + Google + iCal Export
Book Discussion Group

Join the Friends of the Library book discussion of Afterlife by Julia Alvarez on Monday, April 24th at 6:30 PM! Copies of the book are available to check out at the library, about two weeks in advance, while supplies last.

From Amazon.com:

A Time Magazine Must-Read Book of 2020


A Most-Anticipated Book of the Year:
O, The Oprah Magazine * The New York Times * The Washington Post *Vogue * Bustle * BuzzFeed * Ms. magazine * The Millions * Huffington Post * PopSugar * The LilyGoodreads * Library Journal * LitHub * Electric Literature

The first adult novel in almost fifteen years by the internationally bestselling author of In the Time of the Butterflies and How the García Girls Lost Their Accents

“A stunning work of art that reminds readers Alvarez is, and always has been, in a class of her own.” —Elizabeth Acevedo, National Book Award-winning author of the New York Times bestseller The Poet X

Antonia Vega, the immigrant writer at the center of Afterlife, has had the rug pulled out from under her. She has just retired from the college where she taught English when her beloved husband, Sam, suddenly dies. And then more jolts: her bighearted but unstable sister disappears, and Antonia returns home one evening to find a pregnant, undocumented teenager on her doorstep. Antonia has always sought direction in the literature she loves—lines from her favorite authors play in her head like a soundtrack—but now she finds that the world demands more of her than words.

Afterlife is a compact, nimble, and sharply droll novel. Set in this political moment of tribalism and distrust, it asks: What do we owe those in crisis in our families, including—maybe especially—members of our human family? How do we live in a broken world without losing faith in one another or ourselves? And how do we stay true to those glorious souls we have lost?

Date(s) April 24, 2023 Time(s) 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM + Google + iCal Export Categories Adult Program, Teen Program

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