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SUMMARY:Life Stories Book Club
LOCATION:Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library\nEllen Coolidge Burke Branch 
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DESCRIPTION:Discuss memoirs and biographies with other book lovers at the 
 Burke Branch Library!.\nhttps://alexandria.libnet.info/event/14144821
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Life Stories Book Club enjoys memoirs of e
 veryone from the anonymous to the famous with discussions every third Thur
 sday of the month. Bring along your thoughts or even just your listening e
 ars to indulge in some bookish conversation around our latest selection. R
 eading crafters are welcome to bring their works in progress.</p>\n<p>This
  month\, join us to discuss "Fox And I: An Uncommon Friendship" by Catheri
 ne Raven. Print and digital copies available to place on hold <a href="htt
 ps://alxndria.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/home/search/results?ln=en_US&amp\
 ;q=fox+and+i">here</a>.</p>\n<p>Want a reminder? Please register to receiv
 e an email ahead of the event. <strong>Note:</strong> Registration is <str
 ong>not</strong> required.</p>\n<p>Contact Abby at <a href="mailto:ahargre
 aves@alexlibraryva.org">ahargreaves@alexlibraryva.org</a> for more informa
 tion.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><strong>About the Book:</strong></p>\n<p style="pad
 ding-left: 30px\;">When Catherine Raven finished her PhD in biology\, she 
 built herself a tiny cottage on an isolated plot of land in Montana. She w
 as as emotionally isolated as she was physically\, but she viewed the hous
 e as a way station\, a temporary rest stop where she could gather her nerv
 es and fill out applications for what she hoped would be a real job that w
 ould help her fit into society. In the meantime\, she taught remotely and 
 led field classes in nearby Yellowstone National Park.</p>\n<p style="padd
 ing-left: 30px\;">Then one day she realized that a mangy-looking fox was s
 howing up on her property every afternoon at 4:15 p.m. She had never had a
  regular visitor before. How do you even talk to a fox? She brought out he
 r camping chair\, sat as close to him as she dared\, and began reading to 
 him from&nbsp\;The Little Prince. Her scientific training had taught her n
 ot to anthropomorphize animals\, yet as she grew to know him\, his persona
 lity revealed itself and they became friends.</p>\n<p style="padding-left:
  30px\;">From the fox\, Catherine learned the single most important thing 
 about loneliness: we are never alone when we are connected to the natural 
 world. Friends\, however\, cannot save each other from the uncontained for
 ces of nature.</p>\n<p style="padding-left: 30px\;">Fox and I&nbsp\;is a p
 oignant and remarkable tale of friendship\, growth\, and coping with inevi
 table loss&mdash\;and of how that loss can be transformed into meaning. It
  is both a timely tale of solitude and belonging as well as a timeless sto
 ry of one woman whose immersion in the natural world will change the way w
 e view our surroundings&mdash\;each tree\, weed\, flower\, stone\, or fox.
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