Patricia Engel is the author of&nb sp\;Infinite Country\, an instant \;New York Times \;Bestseller\,& nbsp\;Washington Post \;Notable Book of the Year\, Reese's Book Club p ick\, \;Esquire \;Book Club and Book of the Month Club pick\, Indi e Next pick\, Amazon Best Book of the Year\, named a National Endowment fo r the Arts Big Read\, and more. Infinite Country is the winner of the New American Voices Award and was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Excell ence in Fiction.
\n\nIn \;Infinite Country\,&nbs p\;award-winning author Patricia Engel tells the powerful tale of a family divided. Set in Colombia and the United States and told through the shift ing perspectives of each family member\, Engel examines the beauty and cru elty of life in the diaspora\, crafting &ldquo\;a breathtaking story of th e unimaginable prices paid for a better life&rdquo\; (Esquire). With &ldqu o\;meticulously rendered descriptions of Andean landscapes and mythology&r dquo\; (New York Times Book Review)\, \;Infinite Country \;is &ldq uo\;at once a sweeping love story and tragic drama&rdquo\; (Elle)\, &ldquo \;forcefully examin[ing] what unites a family beyond the divisions borders and policies forge&rdquo\; (Los Angeles Review of Books). Through the int imacies of one family&rsquo\;s story\, Engel &ldquo\;challenges us to cons ider that the United States has always been a place of borders&rdquo\; (Ha rvard Review of Books). &ldquo\;Told by a chorus of voices and perspective s\, this is as much an all-American story as it is a global one&rdquo\; (B ooklist).
\n\nAn American Sign Language Interpreter w ill be participating in this program.
\n\nNE A Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.
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The \;Broward Public Library Foundation \;i s a charitable organization incorporated in 1982 committed to enhancing th e collections\, programs\, and services of the Broward County Library beyo nd the means of public funding. \;Broward Public Library Foundation&nb sp\;is the proud sponsor of the NEA Big Read program striving to achieve a state of excellence throughout the county's family of libraries.
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