Upward Bound
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\nUpward Bound is not a place anyone drea ms of spending their days. The dreary adult daycare center for Los Angeles 's disabled community is\, for many of its clients and staff\, a place of last resort. This includes Carlos\, a young aide who lost his mother as a boy and now works there alongside his beloved sister Delia\; Jorge\, the g entle nonverbal giant whom Carlos seeks to befriend (and prevent from esca ping)\; Tom\, a beautiful young man with cerebral palsy\, who pines for An n\, the summer lifeguard at the center's pool who feels out of her depth\; then there's Mike\, Upward Bound's director who came to L.A. to pursue an acting career but now channels his passion into staging an impressive hol iday show starring the center's sorely underestimated clients. Framing the se interlocking narratives - and connecting them in surprising\, shatterin g ways - is the riveting and sometimes ironic testimony of Walter\, a rece nt community college graduate who\, after a family tragedy\, must return t o the company of his disabled peers.
\nBooks on Tap \;is presented in partnership by \;Toledo Lucas County Public Library\, and h ost breweries.
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