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SUMMARY:ATL Reads Virtual Book Club: Island Queen
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for June's book\, "Island Queen". We are excited to ha
 ve author Vanessa Riley join in our discussion. .\nhttps://gwinnettpl.libn
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p style="text-align: center\;"><span style="
 color: #008000\;">This club meets monthly on the third Tuesday from 7:00 p
 .m. to 8:00 p.m. </span></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><strong>Free
  and open to all.</strong></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><br /><str
 ong>Read the book and chat with us!</strong></p>\n<p>Born into slavery on 
 the tiny Caribbean island of Montserrat\, Doll bought her freedom&mdash\;a
 nd that of her sister and her mother&mdash\;from her Irish planter father 
 and built a legacy of wealth and power as an entrepreneur\, merchant\, hot
 elier\, and planter that extended from the marketplaces and sugar plantati
 ons of Dominica and Barbados to a glittering luxury hotel in Demerara on t
 he South American continent.</p>\n<p>Vanessa Riley&rsquo\;s novel brings D
 oll to vivid life as she rises above the harsh realities of slavery and co
 lonialism by working the system and leveraging the competing attentions of
  the men in her life: a restless shipping merchant\, Joseph Thomas\; a wea
 lthy planter hiding a secret\, John Coseveldt Cells\; and a roguish naval 
 captain who will later become King William IV of England.</p>\n<p>From the
  bustling port cities of the West Indies to the forbidding drawing rooms o
 f London&rsquo\;s elite\, Island Queen is a sweeping epic of an adventurer
  and a survivor who answered to no one but herself as she rose to power an
 d autonomy against all odds\, defying rigid eighteenth-century morality an
 d the oppression of women as well as people of color. It is an unforgettab
 le portrait of a true larger-than-life woman who made her mark on history.
 </p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;">&nbsp\;<strong>Registration is requi
 red for online access.&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p><br />*Adult Services</p>\n
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