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UID:5834-1732212000-1732215600@findleylibrary.org
SUMMARY:Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion of The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah. \nSummary: \n“Texas\, 1934. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as the crops are failing\, the water is drying up\, and dust threatens to bury them all. One of the darkest periods of the Great Depression\, the Dust Bowl era\, has arrived with a vengeance. \nIn this uncertain and dangerous time\, Elsa Martinelli—like so many of her neighbors—must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or go west\, to California\, in search of a better life. The Four Winds is an indelible portrait of America and the American Dream\, as seen through the eyes of one indomitable woman whose courage and sacrifice will come to define a generation. \nFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone comes an epic novel of love and heroism and hope\, set against the backdrop of one of America’s most defining eras—the Great Depression.” (via Goodreads)
URL:https://findleylibrary.org/event/book-club-48/
LOCATION:Alexander Findley Community Library
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Just For Fun,Programming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241121T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241121T180000
DTSTAMP:20260427T142306
CREATED:20241107T161506Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241107T161506Z
UID:5838-1732208400-1732212000@findleylibrary.org
SUMMARY:Author Talk
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://findleylibrary.org/event/author-talk/
LOCATION:Alexander Findley Community Library
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Programming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241102T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241102T160000
DTSTAMP:20260427T142306
CREATED:20241007T151618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241007T151618Z
UID:5765-1730541600-1730563200@findleylibrary.org
SUMMARY:Fall Craft Show
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://findleylibrary.org/event/fall-craft-show-3/
LOCATION:Findley Lake Volunteer Fire Department\, 10372 Main Street\, Findley Lake\, NY\, 14736\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Just For Fun
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241026T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241026T130000
DTSTAMP:20260427T142306
CREATED:20241007T153602Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241007T153627Z
UID:5771-1729940400-1729947600@findleylibrary.org
SUMMARY:Spooky Halloween Shindig!
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://findleylibrary.org/event/spooky-halloween-shindig-3/
LOCATION:Alexander Findley Community Library
CATEGORIES:Craft,Just For Fun,Programming
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241017T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241017T190000
DTSTAMP:20260427T142306
CREATED:20240921T140447Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240921T140447Z
UID:5731-1729188000-1729191600@findleylibrary.org
SUMMARY:Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join us in the library for a discussion of October’s book\, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman. \nSummary: \n\n\nNo one’s ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine. \nMeet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she’s thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions\, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza\, vodka\, and phone chats with Mummy. \nBut everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond\, the bumbling and deeply unhygienic IT guy from her office. When she and Raymond together save Sammy\, an elderly gentleman who has fallen on the sidewalk\, the three become the kinds of friends who rescue one another from the lives of isolation they have each been living. And it is Raymond’s big heart that will ultimately help Eleanor find the way to repair her own profoundly damaged one. \nSoon to be a major motion picture produced by Reese Witherspoon\, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine is the smart\, warm\, and uplifting story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine whose deadpan weirdness and unconscious wit make for an irresistible journey as she realizes. . . \nThe only way to survive is to open your heart.(via Goodreads)
URL:https://findleylibrary.org/event/book-club-47/
LOCATION:Alexander Findley Community Library
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Programming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241010T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241010T170000
DTSTAMP:20260427T142306
CREATED:20241007T151933Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241007T151933Z
UID:5768-1728572400-1728579600@findleylibrary.org
SUMMARY:Arts & Crafts for Grownups!
DESCRIPTION:This month we’ll be making paper spider webs! You can make more than one and try adding some color\, too.
URL:https://findleylibrary.org/event/arts-crafts-for-grownups-11/
LOCATION:Alexander Findley Community Library
CATEGORIES:Craft,Just For Fun,Programming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240928T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240928T120000
DTSTAMP:20260427T142306
CREATED:20240924T184025Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240924T184025Z
UID:5737-1727521200-1727524800@findleylibrary.org
SUMMARY:Garden Club
DESCRIPTION:We’ll try one last meeting this year! Saturday isn’t working\, but stop by if/when you are able and help us come up with a new plan for next year. (Meet on a Monday morning when it’s cooler out? Create teams to keep up different sections of the garden and have patrons vote on best section?)
URL:https://findleylibrary.org/event/garden-club-7/
LOCATION:Alexander Findley Community Library
CATEGORIES:Garden Club,Just For Fun,Programming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240923T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240923T200000
DTSTAMP:20260427T142306
CREATED:20240907T181700Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240907T181700Z
UID:5673-1727116200-1727121600@findleylibrary.org
SUMMARY:Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The library board meets the fourth Monday of the month to discuss library matters. Meetings are open to the public.
URL:https://findleylibrary.org/event/board-meeting-38/
LOCATION:Alexander Findley Community Library
CATEGORIES:board meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240919T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240919T190000
DTSTAMP:20260427T142306
CREATED:20240907T181342Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240907T182928Z
UID:5669-1726768800-1726772400@findleylibrary.org
SUMMARY:Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion of September’s book\, The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. \nSummary: \n“The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption\, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober\, Jeannette’s brilliant and charismatic father captured his children’s imagination\, teaching them physics\, geology\, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank\, he was dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn’t want the responsibility of raising a family. \nThe Walls children learned to take care of themselves. They fed\, clothed\, and protected one another\, and eventually found their way to New York. Their parents followed them\, choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered. \nThe Glass Castle is truly astonishing–a memoir permeated by the intense love of a peculiar but loyal family.” (via Goodreads)
URL:https://findleylibrary.org/event/book-club-46/
LOCATION:Alexander Findley Community Library
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Programming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240912T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240912T170000
DTSTAMP:20260427T142306
CREATED:20240907T182129Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240909T142748Z
UID:5675-1726153200-1726160400@findleylibrary.org
SUMMARY:Arts & Crafts for Grownups!
DESCRIPTION:We’ll be making paper (and/or) cloth pumpkins in preparation of cool fall weather and colors!
URL:https://findleylibrary.org/event/arts-crafts-for-grownups-12/
LOCATION:Alexander Findley Community Library
CATEGORIES:Craft,Programming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240901T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240901T160000
DTSTAMP:20260427T142306
CREATED:20240817T133600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240817T133600Z
UID:5613-1725184800-1725206400@findleylibrary.org
SUMMARY:AFCL's Annual Book Sale!
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://findleylibrary.org/event/afcls-annual-book-sale-3/
LOCATION:Water Wheel Outlook\, Main Street\, Findley Lake\, NY\, 14736
CATEGORIES:Fundraiser
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240831T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240831T140000
DTSTAMP:20260427T142306
CREATED:20240812T133702Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240812T135515Z
UID:5584-1725102000-1725112800@findleylibrary.org
SUMMARY:End of Summer Reading Shindig!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an End of Summer Reading Shindig as we celebrate all the fun adventures we had this summer! We’ll be drawing prizes\, so be sure to have your Adventure Maps and Classic Adventurer Scavenger Hunt turned in by Thursday\, August 29th (and don’t forget to put your name on everything!).
URL:https://findleylibrary.org/event/end-of-summer-reading-shindig/
LOCATION:Alexander Findley Community Library
CATEGORIES:Craft,Just For Fun,Programming,Summer Reading
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240831T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240831T200000
DTSTAMP:20260427T142306
CREATED:20240817T133500Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240817T133500Z
UID:5611-1725098400-1725134400@findleylibrary.org
SUMMARY:AFCL's Annual Book Sale!
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://findleylibrary.org/event/afcls-annual-book-sale-2/
LOCATION:Water Wheel Outlook\, Main Street\, Findley Lake\, NY\, 14736
CATEGORIES:Fundraiser
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240830T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240830T200000
DTSTAMP:20260427T142306
CREATED:20240817T132218Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240817T133323Z
UID:5605-1725033600-1725048000@findleylibrary.org
SUMMARY:AFCL's Annual Book Sale!
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://findleylibrary.org/event/afcls-annual-book-sale/
LOCATION:Water Wheel Outlook\, Main Street\, Findley Lake\, NY\, 14736
CATEGORIES:Fundraiser
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240826T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240826T200000
DTSTAMP:20260427T142306
CREATED:20240812T133429Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240812T133429Z
UID:5582-1724697000-1724702400@findleylibrary.org
SUMMARY:Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The library board meets the fourth Monday of the month to discuss library matters. Meetings are open to the public.
URL:https://findleylibrary.org/event/board-meeting-37/
LOCATION:Alexander Findley Community Library
CATEGORIES:board meeting
END:VEVENT
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240824T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240824T123000
DTSTAMP:20260427T142306
CREATED:20240805T150153Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240805T150153Z
UID:5564-1724497200-1724502600@findleylibrary.org
SUMMARY:Saturday Storytime: Hiking & Camping!
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://findleylibrary.org/event/saturday-storytime-hiking-camping/
LOCATION:Alexander Findley Community Library
CATEGORIES:1000 Hours Outside Activity,Just For Fun,Programming,storytime,Summer Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240822T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240822T190000
DTSTAMP:20260427T142306
CREATED:20240815T175701Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240815T175701Z
UID:5593-1724331600-1724353200@findleylibrary.org
SUMMARY:Tabling Event: Learn How to Save Energy & Improve the Efficiency of Your Home
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://findleylibrary.org/event/tabling-event-learn-how-to-save-energy-improve-the-efficiency-of-your-home/
LOCATION:Alexander Findley Community Library
CATEGORIES:Programming,Summer Reading
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240817T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240817T120000
DTSTAMP:20260427T142306
CREATED:20240804T162311Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240805T141133Z
UID:5556-1723892400-1723896000@findleylibrary.org
SUMMARY:Saturday Storytime: Dinos!
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://findleylibrary.org/event/saturday-storytime-dinos/
LOCATION:Alexander Findley Community Library
CATEGORIES:Craft,Programming,storytime,Summer Reading
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240815T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240815T190000
DTSTAMP:20260427T142306
CREATED:20240725T142731Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240725T142731Z
UID:5542-1723744800-1723748400@findleylibrary.org
SUMMARY:Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join us in the library for a discussion of August’s book\, Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy. \nSummary: \n“Inti Flynn arrives in Scotland with her twin sister\, Aggie\, to lead a team of biologists tasked with reintroducing fourteen gray wolves into the remote Highlands. She hopes to heal not only the dying landscape\, but Aggie\, too\, unmade by the terrible secrets that drove the sisters out of Alaska. \nInti is not the woman she once was\, either\, changed by the harm she’s witnessed—inflicted by humans on both the wild and each other. Yet as the wolves surprise everyone by thriving\, Inti begins to let her guard down\, even opening herself up to the possibility of love. But when a farmer is found dead\, Inti knows where the town will lay blame. Unable to accept her wolves could be responsible\, Inti makes a reckless decision to protect them. But if the wolves didn’t make the kill\, then who did? And what will Inti do when the man she is falling for seems to be the prime suspect? \nPropulsive and spell-binding\, Charlotte McConaghy’s Once There Were Wolves is the unforgettable story of a woman desperate to save the creatures she loves—if she isn’t consumed by a wild that was once her refuge.” (via goodreads)
URL:https://findleylibrary.org/event/book-club-45/
LOCATION:Alexander Findley Community Library
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Programming,Summer Reading
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240810T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240810T133000
DTSTAMP:20260427T142306
CREATED:20240804T163339Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240804T163339Z
UID:5558-1723287600-1723296600@findleylibrary.org
SUMMARY:Bicentennial Play Day!
DESCRIPTION:Since it’s Mina’s Bicentennial Celebration this weekend\, we will not be having a regular Storytime. Instead\, we will have a Play Day! We are borrowing the button maker and the paint spinner from CCLS\, so folks can stop in and play for a bit and still participate in the festivities downtown. Be sure to check out the Vintage Parade at 10am\, and wave hello to library trustees and friends!
URL:https://findleylibrary.org/event/bicentennial-play-day/
CATEGORIES:Craft,Just For Fun,Programming,Summer Reading
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240809T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240809T200000
DTSTAMP:20260427T142306
CREATED:20240805T164651Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240805T164726Z
UID:5567-1723226400-1723233600@findleylibrary.org
SUMMARY:Bicentennial Open House!
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://findleylibrary.org/event/bicentennial-open-house/
LOCATION:Alexander Findley Community Library
CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Just For Fun
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240808T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240808T170000
DTSTAMP:20260427T142306
CREATED:20240805T165158Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240805T165158Z
UID:5571-1723129200-1723136400@findleylibrary.org
SUMMARY:Arts & Crafts for Grownups!
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://findleylibrary.org/event/arts-crafts-for-grownups-10/
LOCATION:Alexander Findley Community Library
CATEGORIES:Craft,Just For Fun,Programming,Summer Reading
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240807T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240807T230000
DTSTAMP:20260427T142306
CREATED:20240715T133051Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240805T164929Z
UID:5515-1723024800-1723071600@findleylibrary.org
SUMMARY:Soil Health & Erosion Demonstration
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays with Summer Recreation Week 4\nJosie Allen is back for our last Wednesday with the kids from Summer Recreation. This week she’ll teach us about soil health and the problems with soil erosion. This event is held for the kids attending Summer Recreation at the Mina Community Center\, but all our patrons are welcome to join!
URL:https://findleylibrary.org/event/soil-erosion-demonstration/
LOCATION:Alexander Findley Community Library
CATEGORIES:Programming,storytime,Summer Reading
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240803T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240803T120000
DTSTAMP:20260427T142306
CREATED:20240801T175912Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240801T175912Z
UID:5552-1722682800-1722686400@findleylibrary.org
SUMMARY:Saturday Storytime: Stars!
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://findleylibrary.org/event/saturday-storytime-stars/
LOCATION:Alexander Findley Community Library
CATEGORIES:Craft,Programming,storytime,Summer Reading
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240731T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240731T110000
DTSTAMP:20260427T142306
CREATED:20240715T132134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240715T132457Z
UID:5506-1722420000-1722423600@findleylibrary.org
SUMMARY:Could You Be a Grape Farmer?
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays with Summer Recreation Week 3\nJosie Allen from the Cornell Cooperative Extension will be here to see if we have what it takes to be a grape farmer. This event is held for the kids attending the Summer Recreation at the Mina Community Center\, but all our patrons are welcome to join in!
URL:https://findleylibrary.org/event/could-you-be-a-grape-farmer/
LOCATION:Alexander Findley Community Library
CATEGORIES:Programming,storytime,Summer Reading
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240727T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240727T120000
DTSTAMP:20260427T142306
CREATED:20240715T130924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240715T130924Z
UID:5496-1722078000-1722081600@findleylibrary.org
SUMMARY:Saturday Storytime: Geodes!
DESCRIPTION:Join us in the library for a story and a snack. Then we’ll smash some geodes and see what we find inside! \nNote: This activity is meant for older kids\, but there will be an alternative for our youngest patrons.
URL:https://findleylibrary.org/event/saturday-storytime-geodes/
LOCATION:Alexander Findley Community Library
CATEGORIES:Just For Fun,Programming,storytime,Summer Reading
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240724T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240724T110000
DTSTAMP:20260427T142306
CREATED:20240715T131706Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240715T132542Z
UID:5501-1721815200-1721818800@findleylibrary.org
SUMMARY:WILD Creatures Reptile Show!
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays with Summer Recreation Week 2\nJoin us in the gymnasium for WILD Creatures as Chris Duckett shows off some of his incredible reptile friends. It’s sure to be an educational and entertaining time! This show is held for the kids attending the Summer Recreation at the Mina Community Center\, but everyone is welcome to join us for the fun.
URL:https://findleylibrary.org/event/wild-creatures-reptile-show/
LOCATION:Alexander Findley Community Library
CATEGORIES:Just For Fun,Programming,storytime,Summer Reading
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240722T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240722T200000
DTSTAMP:20260427T142306
CREATED:20240706T140429Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240706T140429Z
UID:5456-1721673000-1721678400@findleylibrary.org
SUMMARY:Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The library board meets the fourth Monday of the month to discuss library matters. Meetings are open to the public.
URL:https://findleylibrary.org/event/board-meeting-36/
LOCATION:Alexander Findley Community Library
CATEGORIES:board meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240720T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240720T120000
DTSTAMP:20260427T142306
CREATED:20240706T164013Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240706T164013Z
UID:5465-1721473200-1721476800@findleylibrary.org
SUMMARY:Saturday Storytime: Crocs!
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://findleylibrary.org/event/saturday-storytime-crocs/
LOCATION:Alexander Findley Community Library
CATEGORIES:Craft,Just For Fun,Programming,storytime,Summer Reading
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240718T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240718T190000
DTSTAMP:20260427T142306
CREATED:20240622T174632Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240622T174632Z
UID:5438-1721325600-1721329200@findleylibrary.org
SUMMARY:Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join us in the library for a discussion of July’s book\, Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward. \nSummary: \n“‘Let us descend\,’ the poet now began\, ‘and enter this blind world.’” — Inferno\, Dante Alighieri \nLet Us Descend is a reimagining of American slavery\, as beautifully rendered as it is heart-wrenching. Searching\, harrowing\, replete with transcendent love\, the novel is a journey from the rice fields of the Carolinas to the slave markets of New Orleans and into the fearsome heart of a Louisiana sugar plantation. \nAnnis\, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her\, is the reader’s guide through this hellscape. As she struggles through the miles-long march\, Annis turns inward\, seeking comfort from memories of her mother and stories of her African warrior grandmother. Throughout\, she opens herself to a world beyond this world\, one teeming with of earth and water\, of myth and history; spirits who nurture and give\, and those who manipulate and take. While Ward leads readers through the descent\, this\, her fourth novel\, is ultimately a story of rebirth and reclamation. \nFrom one of the most singularly brilliant and beloved writers of her generation\, this miracle of a novel inscribes Black American grief and joy into the very land—the rich but unforgiving forests\, swamps\, and rivers of the American South. Let Us Descend is Jesmyn Ward’s most magnificent novel yet\, a masterwork for the ages.” (via goodreads)
URL:https://findleylibrary.org/event/book-club-44/
LOCATION:Alexander Findley Community Library
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Just For Fun,Programming,Summer Reading
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