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SUMMARY:Book Club | ATL Reads Virtual Book Club
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DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month and d
 iscuss Real Americans by Rachel Khong.\n.\nhttps://gwinnettpl.libnet.info/
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p style="text-align: center\;">ATL Reads Boo
 k Club welcomes all who enjoy reading a variety of genres.</p>\n<p style="
 text-align: center\;">Read the book and chat with us!</p>\n<p>This month's
  selection is the fiction novel <em>Real Americans</em> by Rachel Khong.</
 p>\n<p><em>Real Americans</em>&nbsp\;begins&nbsp\;on the precipice of Y2K 
 in New York City\, when twenty-two-year-old Lily Chen\, an unpaid intern a
 t a slick media company\, meets Matthew. Matthew is everything Lily is not
 : easygoing and effortlessly attractive\, a native East Coaster\, and\, mo
 st notably\, heir to a vast pharmaceutical empire. Lily couldn't be more d
 ifferent: flat-broke\, raised in Tampa\, the only child of scientists who 
 fled Mao&rsquo\;s Cultural Revolution. Despite all this\, Lily and Matthew
  fall in love.</p>\n<p>In 2021\, fifteen-year-old Nick Chen has never felt
  like he belonged on the isolated Washington island where he lives with hi
 s single mother\, Lily.&nbsp\;He can't shake the sense she's hiding someth
 ing. When Nick sets out to find his biological father\, the journey threat
 ens to raise more questions than it provides answers.</p>\n<p>In immersive
 \, moving prose\, Rachel Khong weaves a profound tale of class and strivin
 g\, race and visibility\, and family and inheritance&mdash\;a story of tru
 st\, forgiveness\, and finally coming home.</p>\n<p>Exuberant and explosiv
 e\,&nbsp\;<em>Real Americans</em>&nbsp\;is a social novel par excellence t
 hat asks:&nbsp\;Are we destined\, or made? And if we are made\, who gets t
 o do the making? Can our genetic past be overcome?</p>\n<p></p>\n<p style=
 "text-align: center\;">Registration is required for online access. Registr
 ation closes at the start of the program.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>\n<p style="tex
 t-align: center\;">If you need assistance accessing the program\, please c
 ontact the Customer Contact Center at 770-978-5154.</p>\n<p>* Presented by
  Adult Services&nbsp\;</p>\n<p></p>\nhttps://gwinnettpl.libnet.info/event/
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