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SUMMARY:ONLINE Book Discussion
LOCATION:Downers Grove Public Library\nDowners Grove Public Library
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DESCRIPTION:Please join us for an online discussion of the book "Transcend
 ent Kingdom" by Yaa Gyasi..\nhttps://downersgrove.libnet.info/event/475461
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><em>"</em><em>Gifty is a fifth-year candid
 ate in neuroscience at Stanford School of Medicine studying reward-seeking
  behavior in mice and the neural circuits of depression and addiction. Her
  brother\, Nana\, was a gifted high school athlete who died of a heroin ov
 erdose after a knee injury left him hooked on OxyContin. Her suicidal moth
 er is living in her bed. Gifty is determined to discover the scientific ba
 sis for the suffering she sees all around her...'Transcendent Kingdom' is 
 a deeply moving portrait of a family of Ghanaian immigrants ravaged by dep
 ression and addiction and grief--a novel about faith\, science\, religion\
 , love. Exquisitely written\, emotionally searing\, this is an exceptional
 ly powerful follow-up to Gyasi's phenomenal debut." ~Goodreads.com</em></p
 >\n<p></p>\n<p>Available for digital checkout in Libby and Cloud Library. 
 Print copies will be available upon request at the Ask Us Desk four weeks 
 before the discussion.</p>\n<p>Contact the Ask Us Desk at <a href="mailto:
 askus@dglibrary.org">askus@dglibrary.org </a>with questions.</p>\n<p></p>\
 n<p><strong>Participant Zoom instructions:</strong></p>\n<p>Registration w
 ith email address is required. The meeting link and password\, along with 
 handouts\, will be emailed to participants the day before the program. If 
 you do not receive it by 5:00 p.m. the previous day\, please contact the l
 ibrary.</p>\n<p>Virtual programs adhere to the Library's Video and Photogr
 aphy Policy. Participants should be aware of their privacy settings before
  logging into the program.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>This program will be presented t
 hrough a live Zoom meeting.</p>\n<p>Instructions for joining a meeting are
  available here: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193-Joini
 ng-a-meeting and their Privacy Policy is here: https://zoom.us/privacy/</p
 >\n<p>DGPL staff will be monitoring email before the program to assist wit
 h logon issues.</p>\n<p></p>\nhttps://downersgrove.libnet.info/event/47546
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