BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:DC Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:DC Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:454676e7-f77b-409a-9408-6f7bd7268d04 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260814T144038Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230726T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230726T190000 SUMMARY:Virtual ASL Book Club LOCATION:Virtual Program\nVirtual Program X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Virtual Program;X-APPLE-RA DIUS=10;X-TITLE=Virtual Program:geo:0,0 GEO:0;0 DESCRIPTION:Do you love to read and talk about books? Are you interested in participating in a book discussion on Zoom in American Sign Language? If so\, this book club is for YOU!.\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/7 471065 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us online via Zoom the 4th Wednesday of every other month (except November\, which will be the 5th Wednesday) f rom 6-7 p.m. \;

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The ASL Book Club is facilitated by Janice Ros en\, Librarian\, Center for Accessibility.

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To receive the link\, e mail the Center for Accessibility at DCPLaccess@dc.gov

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NOTE: \ ; Even if you do not know sign language\, you are welcome to join us. Voic e and automatic captioning will be provided.

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The b ook for Wednesday\, July 26\, 2023 is \;The Four Winds by Kri stin Hannah \; \; \;

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ABSTRACT:

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Texas\, 1921. A time of abundance. The Great War is over\, the bounty of the land is plentiful\, and America is on the brink of a new and optimisti c era. But for Elsa Wolcott\, deemed too old to marry in a time when marri age is a woman's only option\, the future seems bleak. Until the night she meets Rafe Martinelli and decides to change the direction of her life. Wi th her reputation in ruin\, there is only one respectable choice: marriage to a man she barely knows. By 1934\, the world has changed\; millions are out of work and drought has devastated the Great Plains. Farmers are figh ting to keep their land and their livelihoods as crops fail and water drie s up and the earth cracks open. Dust storms roll relentlessly across the p lains. Everything on the Martinelli farm is dying\, including Elsa's tenuo us marriage\; each day is a desperate battle against nature and a fight to keep her children alive. In this uncertain and perilous time\, Elsa - lik e so many of her neighbors - must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or leave it behind and go west\, to California\, in search of a better life for her family. The Four Winds is a rich\, sweeping novel that stunningly brings to life the Great Depression and the people who li ved through it - the harsh realities that divided a nation and the endurin g battle between the haves and the have-nots. A testament to hope\, resill ience\, and the strength of the human spirit to survive adversity\, The Fo ur Winds is an indelible portrait of America and the American Dream\, as s een through the eyes of one indomitable woman whose courage and sacrifice will come to define a generation. -- From dust jacket

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The book is available in the DCPL collection in the following formats:

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Book \;

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Large Print

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eBook \;

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eAudiobook

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