BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN
TZID:America/Chicago
X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:76@riponlibrary.org
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210628T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210628T193000
DTSTAMP:20210428T191631Z
URL:https://riponlibrary.org/events/book-discussion-group-american-dirt/
SUMMARY:Book Discussion Group | American Dirt
DESCRIPTION:Join us on ZOOM for the Friends of the Library book discussion 
 group on Monday the 28th! June's selection is "American Dirt" by Jeanine C
 ummins. Copies of the book discussion selections are available to check ou
 t at the library while supplies last. Instructions for joining the Zoom me
 eting will be provided when patrons check out a copy of the book or by con
 tacting the library.\nFrom Amazon.com:\n\n	#1 New York Times Bestseller\n	
 OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK\n	“Extraordinary.”―Stephen King\n	“This b
 ook is not simply the great American novel\; it’s the great novel of las
  Americas. It’s the great world novel! This is the international story o
 f our times. Masterful.”―Sandra Cisneros\n\nTambién de este lado hay 
 sueños. On this side\, too\, there are dreams.\n\nLydia Quixano Pérez li
 ves in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son\,
  Luca\, the love of her life\, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist
 . And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the 
 drug cartels\, her life is\, by and large\, fairly comfortable.\n\nEven th
 ough she knows they’ll never sell\, Lydia stocks some of her all-time fa
 vorite books in her store. And then one day a man enters the shop to brows
 e and comes up to the register with a few books he would like to buy―two
  of them her favorites. Javier is erudite. He is charming. And\, unbeknown
 st to Lydia\, he is the jefe of the newest drug cartel that has gruesomely
  taken over the city. When Lydia’s husband’s tell-all profile of Javie
 r is published\, none of their lives will ever be the same.\n\nForced to f
 lee\, Lydia and eight-year-old Luca soon find themselves miles and worlds 
 away from their comfortable middle-class existence. Instantly transformed 
 into migrants\, Lydia and Luca ride la bestia―trains that make their way
  north toward the United States\, which is the only place Javier’s reach
  doesn’t extend. As they join the countless people trying to reach el no
 rte\, Lydia soon sees that everyone is running from something. But what ex
 actly are they running to? \n\nAmerican Dirt will leave readers utterly ch
 anged. It is a literary achievement filled with poignancy\, drama\, and hu
 manity on every page. It is one of the most important books for our times.
 \n\nAlready being hailed as "a Grapes of Wrath for our times" and "a new A
 merican classic\," Jeanine Cummins's American Dirt is a rare exploration i
 nto the inner hearts of people willing to sacrifice everything for a glimm
 er of hope.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Chicago
X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:20210314T030000
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
END:DAYLIGHT
END:VTIMEZONE
END:VCALENDAR