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SUMMARY:ATL Reads Virtual Book Club
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DESCRIPTION:This club meets monthly on the third Tuesday from 7:00 p.m. to
  8:00 p.m.  For the month of March\, we will discuss "The Four Winds" by K
 ristin Hannah. \n.\nhttps://gwinnettpl.libnet.info/event/7522506
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p style="text-align: center\;"><strong>Free 
 and open to all.</strong></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;"><strong>Rea
 d the book and chat with us!</strong></p>\n<p>&ldquo\;My land tells its st
 ory if you listen. The story of our family.&rdquo\;&nbsp\; Texas\, 1921. A
  time of abundance. The Great War is over\, the bounty of the land is plen
 tiful\, and America is on the brink of a new and optimistic era. But for E
 lsa Wolcott\, deemed too old to marry in a time when marriage is a woman&r
 squo\;s only option\, the future seems bleak. Until the night she meets Ra
 fe Martinelli and decides to change the direction of her life. With her re
 putation in ruin\, there is only one respectable choice: marriage to a man
  she barely knows.</p>\n<p>By 1934\, the world has changed\; millions are 
 out of work and drought has devastated the Great Plains. Farmers are fight
 ing to keep their land and their livelihoods as crops fail and water dries
  up and the earth cracks open. Dust storms roll relentlessly across the pl
 ains. Everything on the Martinelli farm is dying\, including Elsa&rsquo\;s
  tenuous marriage\; each day is a desperate battle against nature and a fi
 ght to keep her children alive.</p>\n<p>In this uncertain and perilous tim
 e\, Elsa&mdash\;like so many of her neighbors&mdash\;must make an agonizin
 g 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.</p>\n<p><em>The F
 our Winds</em> is a rich\, sweeping novel that stunningly brings to life t
 he Great Depression and the people who lived through it&mdash\;the harsh r
 ealities that divided us as a nation and the enduring battle between the h
 aves and the have-nots. A testament to hope\, resilience\, and the strengt
 h of the human spirit to survive adversity\, <em>The Four Winds</em> is an
  indelible portrait of America and the American dream\, as seen through th
 e eyes of one indomitable woman whose courage and sacrifice will come to d
 efine a generation.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>ATL Reads Book Club welcomes a
 ll who enjoy reading a variety of genres. We are a &ldquo\;no commitment&r
 dquo\; book club&mdash\;some people come every month and others occasional
 ly.</p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;">Invite friends from all over the 
 world to join\, you do not need to be a library cardholder.</p>\n<p style=
 "text-align: center\;"><strong><span style="color: #993300\;">Registration
  is required for online access. Registration closes at the start of the pr
 ogram.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</span></strong></p>\n<p>*Adult Services</p>\n<p></p>\
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