The West Branch Book Discussion Group read s a variety of contemporary fiction and nonfiction and meets the last Thur sday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the Santori Library or on Zoom. Books ar e available for checkout at Santori Library and the West Branch. For more information\, contact discussion facilitator Becky Clark at rclark@aurorapubliclibrary.org \ ;or call 630-264-4262. \; Note: West Branch Book Club will meet tempor arily at Santori Library during West Branch renovations.
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\nFlor has a gift: she can predict\, to the day\, when someone will die. So when she decides she wants a living wake&mdash\;a par ty to bring her family and community together to celebrate the long life s he&rsquo\;s led&mdash\;her sisters are surprised. Has Flor foreseen her ow n death\, or someone else&rsquo\;s? Does she have other motives? She refus es to tell her sisters\, Matilde\, Pastora\, and Camila. But Flor isn&rsqu o\;t the only person with secrets. Matilde has tried for decades to cover the extent of her husband&rsquo\;s infidelity\, but she must now confront the true state of her marriage. Pastora is typically the most reserved sis ter\, but Flor&rsquo\;s wake motivates this driven woman to solve her sibl ing&rsquo\;s problems. Camila is the youngest sibling\, and often the forg otten one\, but she&rsquo\;s decided she no longer wants to be taken for g ranted. And the next generation\, cousins Ona and Yadi\, face tumult of th eir own: Yadi is reuniting with her first love\, who was imprisoned when t hey were both still kids\; Ona is married for years and attempting to conc eive. Ona must decide whether it&rsquo\;s worth it to keep trying&mdash\;t o have a child\, and the anthropology research that&rsquo\;s begun to feel lackluster. Spanning the three days prior to the wake\, \;Family Lore traces the lives of each of the Marte women\, weaving together p ast and present\, Santo Domingo and New York City. Told with Elizabeth Ace vedo&rsquo\;s inimitable and incandescent voice\, this is an indelible por trait of sisters and cousins\, aunts and nieces&mdash\;one family&rsquo\;s journey through their history\, helping them better navigate all that is to come. (publisher description)
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