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SUMMARY:Thursday Afternoon Book Discussion
LOCATION:James M. Duncan Jr. Branch Library\nJames M. Duncan Jr. Branch Li
 brary
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DESCRIPTION:Do you have afternoons available? Join us at the library for s
 ome coffee\, confections\, and conversation about the newest titles on our
  shelves! 📚 ☕.\nhttps://alexandria.libnet.info/event/1147032
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>This month we will be reading: "<a href="h
 ttps://alxndria.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/home/search/detailnonmodal/ent:
 $002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:394122/ada?qu=News+of+the+World+Paulette
 +Jiles&amp\;d=ent%3A%2F%2FSD_ILS%2F0%2FSD_ILS%3A394122%7EILS%7E2&amp\;h=8"
 >News of the World" by Paulette Jiles</a></p>\n<p>"In the aftermath of the
  Civil War\, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young ca
 ptive of the Kiowa back to her people in this exquisitely rendered\, moral
 ly complex\, multilayered novel of historical fiction from the author of&n
 bsp\;Enemy Women&nbsp\;that explores the boundaries of family\, responsibi
 lity\, honor\, and trust. In the wake of the Civil War\, Captain Jefferson
  Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas\, giving live readings from news
 papers to paying audiences hungry for news of the world. An elderly widowe
 r who has lived through three wars and fought in two of them\, the captain
  enjoys his rootless\, solitary existence.</p>\n<p>In Wichita Falls\, he i
 s offered a $50 gold piece to deliver a young orphan to her relatives in S
 an Antonio. Four years earlier\, a band of Kiowa raiders killed Johanna&rs
 quo\;s parents and sister\; sparing the little girl\, they raised her as o
 ne of their own. Recently rescued by the U.S. army\, the ten-year-old has 
 once again been torn away from the only home she knows.</p>\n<p>Their 400-
 mile journey south through unsettled territory and unforgiving terrain pro
 ves difficult and at times dangerous. Johanna has forgotten the English la
 nguage\, tries to escape at every opportunity\, throws away her shoes\, an
 d refuses to act &ldquo\;civilized.&rdquo\; Yet as the miles pass\, the tw
 o lonely survivors tentatively begin to trust each other\, forming a bond 
 that marks the difference between life and death in this treacherous land.
 </p>\n<p>Arriving in San Antonio\, the reunion is neither happy nor welcom
 e. The captain must hand Johanna over to an aunt and uncle she does not re
 member&mdash\;strangers who regard her as an unwanted burden. A respectabl
 e man\, Captain Kidd is faced with a terrible choice: abandon the girl to 
 her fate or become&mdash\;in the eyes of the law&mdash\;a kidnapper himsel
 f."</p>\n<p>✨&nbsp\;<strong>Be sure to put it on hold in advance eith
 er in book\, e-book\, or audiobook form by&nbsp\;clicking on the book titl
 e above&nbsp\;or by downloading the&nbsp\;Libby App!&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n
 <p>👈&nbsp\;<strong>Register for book club reminders!&nbsp\;</stron
 g></p>\nhttps://alexandria.libnet.info/event/11470326
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