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SUMMARY:West Branch Hybrid Fiction Book Discussion
LOCATION:West Branch\nWest Branch
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DESCRIPTION:West Branch's monthly hybrid fiction book discussion. For Febr
 uary\, we're reading Kindred by Octavia Butler..\nhttps://aurora.libnet.in
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Join us for West Branch's monthly book dis
 cussion group! We read a variety of diverse contemporary and classic ficti
 on and meet once a month for a thought-provoking conversation. Register fo
 r in-person or virtual. Copies are reserved and available for pickup for a
 ll attendees.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Contact discussion facilitator Dani Linn at&n
 bsp\;<a href="mailto:dtlinn@aurorapubliclibrary.org">dtlinn@aurorapublicli
 brary.org</a>&nbsp\;with questions\, concerns\, or suggestions.</p>\n<p><s
 trong>Kindred by Octavia Butler</strong></p>\n<p><em>The first science fic
 tion written by a black woman\,&nbsp\;Kindred&nbsp\;has become a cornersto
 ne of Black American literature. </em></p>\n<p><em>This combination of sla
 ve memoir\, fantasy\, and historical fiction is a novel of rich literary c
 omplexity. Having just celebrated her 26th birthday in 1976 California\, D
 ana\, an African-American woman\, is suddenly and inexplicably wrenched th
 rough time into antebellum Maryland. After saving a drowning white boy the
 re\, she finds herself staring into the barrel of a shotgun and is transpo
 rted back to the present just in time to save her life. During numerous su
 ch time-defying episodes with the same young man\, she realizes the challe
 nge she&rsquo\;s been given...&nbsp\;</em></p>\nhttps://aurora.libnet.info
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