The Millhopper Book Club meets the first T uesday of each month. You do not have to read the book to attend the meeti ng.
\nIn October\, in correlation with Hispanic Heritage Month\, the Millhopper Book Club will be discussing The Wind Knows My Name< /em> by Isabel Allende. &ldquo\;Vienna\, 1938. Samuel Adler is five ye ars old when his father disappears during Kristallnacht&mdash\;the night h is family loses everything. As her child&rsquo\;s safety becomes ever hard er to guarantee\, Samuel&rsquo\;s mother secures a spot for him on a Kinde rtransport train out of Nazi-occupied Austria to England. He boards alone\ , carrying nothing but a change of clothes and his violin. Arizona\, 2019. Eight decades later\, Anita Dí\;az and her mother board another tra in\, fleeing looming danger in El Salvador and seeking refuge in the Unite d States. But their arrival coincides with the new family separation polic y\, and seven-year-old Anita finds herself alone at a camp in Nogales. She escapes her tenuous reality through her trips to Azabahar\, a magical wor ld of the imagination. Meanwhile\, Selena Durá\;n\, a young social w orker\, enlists the help of a successful lawyer in hopes of tracking down Anita&rsquo\;s mother. Intertwining past and present\, \;The Wind Knows My Name \;tells the tale of these two unforgettable charact ers\, both in search of family and home. It is both a testament to the sac rifices that parents make and a love letter to the children who survive th e most unfathomable dangers&mdash\;and never stop dreaming.&rdquo\; Descri ption provided by the publisher
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\nWhen we meet\, we start by sharing books we&rsquo\;ve read recently\, then discuss that mont h&rsquo\;s book.
\nEvent Contact: Beth Noll\, bnoll@aclib.us\, 352-3 34-1272
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