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SUMMARY:Book Discussion with Judy Levin
LOCATION:Highland Park Public Library\nHighland Park Public Library
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DESCRIPTION:Join noted book discussion leader Judy Levin in a conversation
  about "The House is on Fire" by Rachel Beanland. .\nhttps://hplibrary.lib
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><a href="https://ccs.polarislibrary.com/po
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 4=AND&amp\;limit=TOM=*&amp\;sort=MP&amp\;page=0">Check for book availabili
 ty in our catalog</a>.</p>\n<p>Registration Required.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Join 
 us in the Brenner Room for a discussion on <em>The House is on Fire</em> b
 y Rachel Beanland\, led by Judy Levin.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><em>Richmond\, Virgi
 nia 1811</em>. It&rsquo\;s the height of the winter social season. The Gen
 eral Assembly is in session\, and many of Virginia&rsquo\;s gentleman plan
 ters\, along with their wives and children\, have made the long and arduou
 s journey to the capital in hopes of whiling away the darkest days of the 
 year. At the city&rsquo\;s only theater\, the Charleston-based Placide &am
 p\; Green Company puts on two plays a night to meet the demand of a popula
 ce that&rsquo\;s done looking for enlightenment in a church.&nbsp\;<br />&
 nbsp\;<br />On the night after Christmas\, the theater is packed with more
  than six hundred holiday revelers. In the third-floor boxes\, sits newly 
 widowed Sally Henry Campbell\, who is glad for any opportunity to relive t
 he happy times she shared with her husband. One floor away\, in the colore
 d gallery\, Cecily Patterson doesn&rsquo\;t give a whit about the play but
  is grateful for a four-hour reprieve from a life that has recently gone f
 rom bad to worse. Backstage\, young stagehand Jack Gibson hopes that\, if 
 he can impress the theater&rsquo\;s managers\, he&rsquo\;ll be offered a p
 ermanent job with the company. And on the other side of town\, blacksmith 
 Gilbert Hunt dreams of one day being able to bring his wife to the theater
 \, but he&rsquo\;ll have to buy her freedom first.&nbsp\;<br />&nbsp\;<br 
 />When the theater goes up in flames in the middle of the performance\, Sa
 lly\, Cecily\, Jack\, and Gilbert make a series of split-second decisions 
 that will not only affect their own lives but those of countless others. A
 nd in the days following the fire\, as news of the disaster spreads across
  the United States\, the paths of these four people will become forever in
 tertwined.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Questions? Contact the Adult Services Department
  at <a href="mailto:hppla@hplibrary.org">hppla@hplibrary.org</a></p>\n<p>S
 ponsored by the Friends of the Library.</p>\nhttps://hplibrary.libnet.info
 /event/11126604
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