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SUMMARY:Keeper of Lost Children with Sadeqa Johnson
LOCATION:Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library\nMartin
  Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library
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DESCRIPTION:We're excited to host author Sadeqa Johnson for the release of
  her latest novel Keeper of Lost Children in partnership with local book s
 tore\, MahoganyBooks..\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/15534300
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>For reasonable&nbsp\;accommodation
 s\, please contact the Center for Accessibility at 202-727-2142 or DCPLacc
 ess@dc.gov. For ASL or tactile interpretation\, please allow at least seve
 n (7) days notice.</strong></p>\n<p><strong></strong></p>\n<h4>About <em>K
 eeper of Lost Children</em><em></em></h4>\n<p>In this new novel from the&n
 bsp\;New York Times&nbsp\;bestselling author of&nbsp\;<strong><em>The Hous
 e of Eve</em></strong>\, one American woman&rsquo\;s vision in post WWII G
 ermany will tie together three people in an unexpected way.</p>\n<p>Ethel 
 Gathers\, the proud wife of an American Officer\, is living in Occupied Ge
 rmany in the 1950s. After discovering a local orphanage filled with the ab
 andoned mixed-race children of German women and Black American GI&rsquo\;s
 \, Ethel feels compelled to help find these children homes.</p>\n<p>Philad
 elphia born Ozzie Phillips volunteers for the recently desegregated army i
 n 1948\, eager to make his mark in the world. While serving in Manheim\, G
 ermany\, he meets a local woman\, Jelka\, and the two embark on a relation
 ship that will impact their lives forever.</p>\n<p>In 1965 Maryland\, Soph
 ia Clark is given an opportunity to attend a prestigious all white boardin
 g school and escape her heartless parents. While at the school\, she disco
 vers a secret that upends her world and sends her on a quest to unravel he
 r own identity.</p>\n<p>Toggling between the lives of these three individu
 als\,&nbsp\;Keeper of Lost Children&nbsp\;explores how one woman&rsquo\;s 
 vision will change the course of countless lives\, and demonstrates that l
 ove in its myriad of forms&mdash\;familial\, parental\, and forbidden\, ev
 en love of self&mdash\;can be transcendent.</p>\n<p></p>\n<h4>About the Au
 thor</h4>\n<p></p>\n<p><strong><img src="https://static.libnet.info/fronte
 nd-images/editor/dclibrary/sadeqa-johnson-170250924.jpg" alt="Sadeqa Johns
 on by RhodesPhotollc" width="167" height="250" style="float: left\; margin
 : 0px 20px 20px 0px\;" />Sadeqa Johnson</strong> is the&nbsp\;New York Tim
 es&nbsp\;bestselling author of five novels. Her most recent novel\,&nbsp\;
 The House of Eve\, was an instant&nbsp\;New York Times&nbsp\;bestseller\, 
 Reese&rsquo\;s Book Club selection\, NAACP Image Award nominee\, and Goodr
 eads Choice award finalist. Her previous novel\,&nbsp\;Yellow Wife\, was t
 he Library of Virginia&rsquo\;s Literary People&rsquo\;s Choice Award winn
 er\, Goodreads Choice Award finalist\, Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy fi
 nalist\, and a BCALA Literary Award honoree. Originally from Philadelphia\
 , Sadeqa currently lives near Richmond\, Virginia. For more information\, 
 go to Sadeqa.net.</p>\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/15534300
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