We will meet in the storytime room. \; This is the sliding door with the tree on it in the children's area. \; We will also have a session available through Zoom for those who would like to attend virtually. \; Please contact Jamie at mccref@slcolibrar y.org \;for the login information. \; Books are always available f or the month prior to the book club meeting. \; They are in the holds area under "Tuesday Evening Book Group".
\nBook summary:
\n"A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's ch ildhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II . Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself -- in this gripping tale of courage\, country\, loyalty\, and love. Georg e Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his captivating stage presence and outspoken commitment to equal rights. But long before he bra ved new frontiers in Star Trek\, he woke up as a four-year-old boy to find his own birth country at war with his father's -- and their entire family forced from their home into an uncertain future. In 1942\, at the order o f President Franklin D. Roosevelt\, every person of Japanese descent on th e west coast was rounded up and shipped to one of ten 'relocation centers' \, hundreds or thousands of miles from home\, where they would be held for years under armed guard. They Called Us Enemy is Takei's firsthand accoun t of those years behind barbed wire\, the joys and terrors of growing up u nder legalized racism\, his mother's hard choices\, his father's faith in democracy\, and the way those experiences planted the seeds for his astoni shing future. What is American? Who gets to decide? When the world is agai nst you\, what can one person do?"--Provided by publisher.
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