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Contemporary Books Discussion: "The Year We Left Home" in Bettendorf

When Feb 20, 2013
from 07:00 PM to 08:30 PM
Where Bettendorf, Bettendorf Public Library, Malmros Conference Room
Contact Name Hedy Hustedde or any information desk staff
Contact Phone 563-344-4179
Attendees This event is open to the public. It is better to have read the book, but it is not required.
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The Bettendorf Public Library's Contemporary Books Discussion Groups (founded in 1960) will discuss The Year We Left Home by Jean Thompson and led by librarian Hedy N. R. Hustedde. It is better to have read the book, but it is not required.

From the Simon & Schuster website:
"From National Book Award finalist Jean Thompson comes a mesmerizing, decades-spanning saga of one ordinary American family—proud, flawed, hopeful— whose story simultaneously captures the turbulent history of the country at large. . . The Year We Left Home follows the Erickson siblings as they confront prosperity and heartbreak, setbacks and triumphs, and seek their place in a country whose only constant seems to be breathtaking change. Ambitious, richly told, and fiercely American, this is a vivid and moving meditation on our continual pursuit of happiness and an incisive exploration of the national character."

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Filed under: Literary Event, Book Discussion, All Iowa Reads
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