BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Downers Grove Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:Downers Grove Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:c6420f52-e7f4-41df-8459-5943161880b4 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260717T055211Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240711T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240711T110000 SUMMARY:Walking Book Club: The Women LOCATION:Downers Grove Public Library\nDowners Grove Public Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Downers Grove Public Libra ry;X-APPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Downers Grove Public Library:geo:41.794091,-8 8.011457 GEO:41.794091;-88.011457 DESCRIPTION:Walk around Barth Pond while discussing The Women by Kristin H annah. Books will be available at the Ask Us Desk one month before the dis cussion..\nhttps://downersgrove.libnet.info/event/10960383 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

"Women can be heroes\, too." When twenty-y ear-old nursing student Frances Frankie McGrath hears these unexpected wor ds\, it is a revelation. Raised on idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered b y her conservative parents\, she has always prided herself on doing the ri ght thing\, being a good girl. But in 1965 the world is changing...When he r brother ships out to serve in Vietnam\, she impulsively joins the Army N urse Corps and follows his path...Frankie is overwhelmed by the chaos and destruction of war\, as well as the unexpected trauma of coming home to a changed and politically divided America.

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Available for digital che ckout in Libby and Cloud Library.

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In partnership with the DG Park District.

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Register through the Downers Grove Public Library.

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Meeting place: Patriots Park/Barth Pond pavilion at 501 55th Pl\, Downe rs Grove\, IL 60515. Contact the Adult &\; Teen Services department at ATS@dglibrary.org for more information.

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