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SUMMARY:West Branch Fiction Book Discussion
LOCATION:West Branch\nWest Branch
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DESCRIPTION:For April\, we're reading Perish by LaToya Watkins\n.\nhttps:/
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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><e
 m><strong>Perish </strong></em><strong>by LaToya Watkins<br /></strong></p
 >\n<p>From a stunning new voice comes a powerful debut novel\,&nbsp\;<em>P
 erish</em>\,&nbsp\;about a Black Texan family\, exploring the effects of i
 nherited trauma and intergenerational violence as the family comes togethe
 r to say goodbye to their matriarch on her deathbed.</p>\n<p>Bear it or pe
 rish.&nbsp\;Those are the words Helen Jean hears that fateful night in her
  cousin&rsquo\;s outhouse that change the trajectory of her life.</p>\n<p>
 Spanning decades\, <em>Perish</em> tracks the choices Helen Jean&mdash\;th
 e matriarch of the Turner family&mdash\;makes and the ways those choices h
 ave rippled across generations\, from her children to her grandchildren an
 d beyond.</p>\n<p>Told in alternating chapters that follow four members of
  the Turner family: Julie B.\, a woman who regrets her wasted youth and th
 e time spent under Helen Jean&rsquo\;s thumb\; Alex\, a police officer gra
 ppling with a dark and twisted past\; Jan\, a mother of two\, who yearns t
 o go to school and leave Jerusalem\, Texas\, and all of its trauma behind 
 for good\; and Lydia\, a woman whose marriage is falling apart because her
  body can&rsquo\;t seem to stay pregnant\, as they&rsquo\;re called home t
 o say goodbye to their mother and grandmother.</p>\n<p>This family&rsquo\;
 s &ldquo\;reunion&rdquo\; unearths long-kept secrets and forces each membe
 r to ask themselves important questions about who is deserving of forgiven
 ess and who bears the cross of blame.</p>\n<p>Tackling themes like family\
 , trauma\, legacy\, home\, class\, race\, and more\, this beautiful yet he
 art-wrenching novel will appeal to anyone who is interested in the intrica
 cies of family and the ways bonds can be made\, maintained\, or irrevocabl
 y broken.</p>\n<p></p>\nhttps://aurora.libnet.info/event/7964589
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