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Building Bridges Book Club Book Request In-Person
Request a copy of the book (need a library card? Sign up here!). After submitting your request, come to the library's Carnegie Technology Center desk to pick up a copy of the book.
This discussion will take place on Wednesday, November 24 at 6:00 PM. Register here
- Date:
- Wednesday, November 17, 2021
- Time:
- All Day Event
- Time Zone:
- Pacific Time - US & Canada (change)
- Audience:
- Adults (18+)
- Categories:
- Building Bridges Book Club
Registration has closed.
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerWhen global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another day. Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family, and neighbors, sheltered from the surrounding anarchy. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk, she suffers from hyperempathy, a debilitating sensitivity to others' emotions.
Precocious and clear-eyed, Lauren must make her voice heard in order to protect her loved ones from the imminent disasters her small community stubbornly ignores. But what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: the birth of a new faith . . . and a startling vision of human destiny.
Summary from LINCC.org