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SUMMARY:Saturday Larkspur Library Book Club 
LOCATION:Central Library\n<p><a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/unqXUGWJNNej
 WHMP9">Larkspur Community Center</a>\, Room A</p>\n<p>1600 SE Reed Market 
 Rd\, Bend\, OR 97702</p>
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 pp.goo.gl/unqXUGWJNNejWHMP9">Larkspur Community Center</a>\, Room A</p>\n<
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DESCRIPTION:Discuss this year's Novel Idea selection Supersonic by Thomas 
 Kohnstamm.\nhttps://dpl.libnet.info/event/15834328
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>Discuss this year's Novel Idea sel
 ection.</strong><br />&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>2026 A Novel Idea Book Selec
 tion:</strong></p>\n<p><em>Supersonic&nbsp\;</em>charts the rise of a boom
 town city in the American West where ambition outpaces memory. In the pres
 ent day\, PTA president Sami Hasegawa-Stalworth is determined to rename he
 r daughter&rsquo\;s elementary school after her late grandmother&mdash\;a 
 beloved music teacher and Japanese internment survivor. What begins as a s
 ymbolic family gesture spirals into a kaleidoscopic\, multi-generational s
 tory of struggle&mdash\;for and against change\, and over who gets to defi
 ne the future.</p>\n<p>Through interwoven lives&mdash\;an opioid-addicted 
 19th-century conman\, a disgraced Navy seaman building a jet that will fly
  faster than sound\, a stay-at-home dad turned weed entrepreneur\, and a f
 amily haunted by the ghosts of progress&mdash\;<em>Supersonic</em>&nbsp\;r
 eveals how each era tries to remake the same ground beneath its feet. At o
 nce intimate and panoramic\, the story channels the restless energy that p
 ropels the West.</p>\n<p><strong>About the Author:</strong></p>\n<p>Thomas
  Kohnstamm was born and raised in Seattle. He still lives in the same hous
 e he grew up in&mdash\;now with his wife and two children. A freelance wri
 ter for over twenty years\, he&rsquo\;s been a Spanish &amp\; Portuguese t
 ranslator\, travel writer\, video &amp\; animation producer and has covere
 d subjects ranging from rainforest conservation to quantum computing to ba
 ckcountry skiing.&nbsp\;<em>Supersonic&nbsp\;i</em>s his third book.</p>\n
 <p>&nbsp\;Learn more about<a href="https://www.deschuteslibrary.org/calend
 ar/novelidea/2026/Default">&nbsp\;A Novel Idea</a>.</p>\n<p>Questions? Con
 tact&nbsp\;<span style="text-decoration: underline\; color: #0000ff\;">pai
 geb@deschuteslibrary.org</span>\,&nbsp\;541-617-7078</p>\nhttps://dpl.libn
 et.info/event/15834328
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