BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Monroe County Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:Monroe County Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5ec4bbf3-58e5-4bcd-a0a9-4a16008022ba SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260921T011821Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20261111T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20261111T184500 SUMMARY:Short Attention Span Book Club LOCATION:Downtown Library\nDowntown Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Downtown Library;X-APPLE-R ADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Downtown Library:geo:39.1669872,-86.5303618 GEO:39.1669872;-86.5303618 DESCRIPTION:Don't always get the book read? This book club is for you. Div e into short stories and novellas of all genres. This month's selection is  "Sweet Bean Paste" by Durian Sukegawa. Age 18 and up..\nhttps://mcplin .libnet.info/event/17380704 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

If you have the best of intentions about b ook clubs\, but don't always get the book read\, this is for you! If you w ant to try a new genre without committing to a full book\, this is also fo r you. This month\, we'll be reading \;Sweet Bean Paste \ ;by Durian Sukegawa.

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Bo ok summary:
Sentaro has failed. He has a criminal record\, dri nks too much\, and his dream of becoming a writer is just a distant memory . With only the blossoming of the cherry trees to mark the passing of time \, he spends his days in a tiny confectionery shop selling dorayaki\, a ty pe of pancake filled with sweet bean paste. \;But everything is about to change. Into his life comes Tokue\, an elderly woman with disfigured ha nds and a troubled past. Tokue makes the best sweet bean paste Sentaro has ever tasted. She begins to teach him her craft\, but as their friendship flourishes\, social pressures become impossible to escape and Tokue&rsquo\ ;s dark secret is revealed\, with devastating consequences.

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Please contact Emily Bedwell at ebedwell@mcpl.info \;if you have any questio ns about this program.

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