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SUMMARY:Classics & Contemporary Book Discussion (Virtual)
LOCATION:Wilmette Public Library\nWilmette Public Library
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DESCRIPTION:Join us to discuss Afterlife by Julia Alvarez\,.\nhttps://wilm
 ette.libnet.info/event/6922792
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Antonia Vega\, the immigrant writer at&nbs
 p\;the center of&nbsp\;<em>Afterlife</em>\, has had the rug&nbsp\;pulled o
 ut from under her. She has just&nbsp\;retired from the college where she t
 aught English&nbsp\;when her beloved husband\, Sam\, suddenly dies.&nbsp\;
 And then more jolts: her bighearted but unstable&nbsp\;sister disappears\,
  and Antonia returns home one evening to find a pregnant\, undocumented&nb
 sp\;teenager on her doorstep. Antonia has always&nbsp\;sought direction in
  the literature she loves&mdash\;lines&nbsp\;from her favorite authors pla
 y in her head like&nbsp\;a soundtrack&mdash\;but now she finds that the wo
 rld&nbsp\;demands more of her than words. Set in this political moment of 
 tribalism&nbsp\;and distrust\, it asks: What do we owe those in&nbsp\;cris
 is in our families\, including&mdash\;maybe especially&mdash\;members of o
 ur human family? How do we&nbsp\;live in a broken world without losing fai
 th in one&nbsp\;another or ourselves? And how do we stay true&nbsp\;to tho
 se glorious souls we have lost? (Provided by the publisher)</p>\n<p><a hre
 f="https://ccs.polarislibrary.com/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=55
 .1033.0.0.53&amp\;type=Keyword&amp\;term=afterlife%20julia%20alvarez&amp\;
 by=KW&amp\;sort=MP&amp\;limit=AB=55%20OR%20(OWN=3)&amp\;query=&amp\;page=0
 &amp\;searchid=2">Reserve</a> a paper copy of the book. Ebook and download
 able audiobook copies are available through&nbsp\;<a href="https://dlil.ov
 erdrive.com/">Digital Library of Illinois</a>&nbsp\;or the Libby app.</p>\
 n<p>Registration will close two hours before the program begins and regist
 rants will receive a link to join shortly thereafter.</p>\n<p>Please email
  community@wilmettelibrary.info with any questions about how to access the
  program via Zoom.</p>\nhttps://wilmette.libnet.info/event/6922792
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