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SUMMARY:Book Club | ATL Reads Virtual Book Club  
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DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Women's History Month with ATL Reads and special gue
 st author Victoria Christopher Murray. \n.\nhttps://gwinnettpl.libnet.info
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>This month's selection is the historical n
 ovel <em>The First Ladies</em> by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher 
 Murray.</p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;">Read the book and chat with u
 s!</p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><strong>Victoria Christopher Murra
 y will join our discussion!</strong></p>\n<p>A novel about the extraordina
 ry partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights activ
 ist Mary McLeod Bethune&mdash\;an unlikely friendship that changed the wor
 ld.</p>\n<p>The daughter of formerly enslaved parents\, Mary McLeod Bethun
 e refuses to back down as white supremacists attempt to thwart her work. S
 he marches on as an activist and an educator\, and as her reputation grows
  she becomes a celebrity\, revered by titans of business and recognized by
  U.S. Presidents. Eleanor Roosevelt herself is awestruck and eager to make
  her acquaintance. Initially drawn together because of their shared belief
  in women&rsquo\;s rights and the power of education\, Mary and Eleanor be
 come fast friends confiding their secrets\, hopes and dreams&mdash\;and ho
 lding each other&rsquo\;s hands through tragedy and triumph.<br />&nbsp\;<
 br />When Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected president\, the two women b
 egin to collaborate more closely\, particularly as Eleanor moves toward he
 r own agenda separate from FDR\, a consequence of the devastating discover
 y of her husband&rsquo\;s secret love affair. Eleanor becomes a controvers
 ial First Lady for her outspokenness\, particularly on&nbsp\;civil rights.
  And when she receives threats because of her strong ties to Mary\, it onl
 y fuels the women&rsquo\;s desire to fight together for justice and equali
 ty.<br />&nbsp\;<br />This&nbsp\;is the story of two different\, yet equal
 ly formidable\, passionate\, and committed women\, and the way in which&nb
 sp\;their singular friendship&nbsp\;helped form the foundation for the mod
 ern civil rights movement.</p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;">Registrati
 on closes at the start of the program.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>\n<p style="text-a
 lign: center\;">Please contact the Customer Contact Center if in need of a
 ssistance accessing the program at 770-978-5154.</p>\n<hr />\n<p style="te
 xt-align: left\;">Victoria Christopher Murray&nbsp\;is a&nbsp\;<em>New Yor
 k Times</em>&nbsp\;bestselling author of more than thirty novels\, includi
 ng her brand new historical fiction novel\, <em>Harlem Rhapsody</em>\,&nbs
 p\;<em>The Personal Librarian</em>\, a&nbsp\;Good Morning America&nbsp\;bo
 ok club pick\, and&nbsp\;<em>The First Ladies</em>\, Target&rsquo\;s 2023 
 Book of the Year\, both of which she coauthored with Marie Benedict. She i
 s a NAACP Image Award Winner for Outstanding Literary Work for her novel&n
 bsp\;<em>Stand Your Ground</em>\, which was also a Library Journal Best Bo
 ok of the Year. She holds an MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business.</p
 >\n<p></p>\n<p>* Presented by Adult Services&nbsp\;</p>\n<p></p>\nhttps://
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