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Tuesday Evening Book ClubFebruary 2017
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REMINDER-- Next Tuesday night. February 28th @ 6:30 PM Librarian Chris Ota will be leading our discussion that night.
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Writing My Wrongs : Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison
by Shaka Senghor
A former prisoner, TED mentor and criminal justice reform advocate traces his coming of age at the height of Detroit's crack epidemic and his 19 years in prison before he was motivated to help at-risk youth and raise awareness about the vulnerabilities of America's system of mass incarceration.
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Coming up in March: March 21st 6:30 PM The Invoice by Jonas Karlsson
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The Invoice : a novel by Jonas KarlssonHilarious, profound, and achingly true-to-life, Jonas Karlsson’s new novel explores the true nature of happiness through the eyes of hero you won’t soon forget. A passionate film buff, our hero’s life revolves around his part-time job at a video store, the company of a few precious friends, and a daily routine that more often than not concludes with pizza and movie in his treasured small space in Stockholm. When he receives an astronomical invoice from a random national bureaucratic agency, everything will tumble into madness as he calls the hotline night and day to find out why he is the recipient of the largest bill in the entire country.
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Coming up in April: April 18th 6:30 PM Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer
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Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer In 1943, Heinrich Harrer, a noted mountain climber and skier, slipped out of captivity in India and made his way through the Himalayan passes to the Forbidden City of Lhasa in Tibet. From destitute vagabond, he rose to the position of tutor and confidant to the fourteen-year-old Dalai Lama. Until their parting in 1950, when the Chinese Communists overran the country, his close relationship with the revered holy man profoundly altered his way of living, even his way of thinking.
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