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SUMMARY:Tuesday Evening Book Discussion (ONLINE)
LOCATION:Westlake Porter Public Library\nWestlake Porter Public Library
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DESCRIPTION:As a continued precaution to prevent the spread of COVID-19\, 
 this book discussion will be held on Zoom. Digital copies of the book are 
 available on Hoopla. Registration required. Instructions below..\nhttps://
 westlakelibrary.libnet.info/event/1986883
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p style="text-align: center\;">[This book cl
 ub meets every second Tuesday of the month at 7 pm]</p>\n<p>Join us online
  to discuss&nbsp\;<em><strong>The Tattooist of Auschwitz</strong></em><str
 ong> by Heather Morris:</strong></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><em>
 "In April 1942\, Lale Sokolov\, a Slovakian Jew\, is forcibly transported 
 to the concentration camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau. When his captors discove
 r that he speaks several languages\, he is put to work as a&nbsp\;T&auml\;
 towierer&nbsp\;(the German word for tattooist)\, tasked with permanently m
 arking his fellow prisoners.</em></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><em
 >Imprisoned for over two and a half years\, Lale witnesses horrific atroci
 ties and barbarism&mdash\;but also incredible acts of bravery and compassi
 on. Risking his own life\, he uses his privileged position to exchange jew
 els and money from murdered Jews for food to keep his fellow prisoners ali
 ve.</em></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><em>One day in July 1942\, L
 ale\, prisoner 32407\, comforts a trembling young woman waiting in line to
  have the number 34902 tattooed onto her arm. Her name is Gita\, and in th
 at first encounter\, Lale vows to somehow survive the camp and marry her.<
 /em></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><em>A vivid\, harrowing\, and ul
 timately hopeful re-creation of Lale Sokolov's experiences as the man who 
 tattooed the arms of thousands of prisoners with what would become one of 
 the most potent symbols of the Holocaust\,&nbsp\;The Tattooist of Auschwit
 z&nbsp\;is also a testament to the endurance of love and humanity under th
 e darkest possible conditions."</em></p>\n<p><strong>In order to participa
 te</strong>\,&nbsp\;please&nbsp\;<strong>REGISTER</strong>&nbsp\;to get an
  invitation to the online book discussion on Zoom. You can join using a De
 sktop\, Laptop\, Mobile Phone\, Tablet\, or Chromebook.&nbsp\;While it is 
 not necessary to sign up for a free Zoom account\, for best results we rec
 ommend&nbsp\;<strong>DOWNLOADING</strong>&nbsp\;<a href="https://zoom.us/d
 ownload">Zoom Meeting Room Client</a>&nbsp\;(for desktops and laptops) or 
 the Zoom Cloud Meetings App (from your phone or tablet app store) before o
 ur discussion. Downloading should take a few minutes. Participants without
  a computer\, tablet or smartphone can join the discussion using a traditi
 onal phone.</p>\n<p><strong>Physical copies of the book will be available 
 for participants to borrow at the Circulation Desk&nbsp\;</strong><b>begin
 ning July 15\, 2020.</b></p>\n<p><strong>For those who are unable to get a
  physical copy of the book</strong>\, please visit&nbsp\;<a href="https://
 www.hoopladigital.com/">Hoopla Digital</a>&nbsp\;to sign up for an account
  using your WPPL library card. This will allow you to borrow and download 
 the audiobook version of&nbsp\;<em><strong>The Tattooist of Auschwitz</str
 ong></em>.</p>\n<p><strong>If you have any questions\, please email:</stro
 ng> frances.brawner@westlakelibrary.org</p>\nhttps://westlakelibrary.libne
 t.info/event/1986883
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