Register online\, in person\, or b y phone at 330.724.2126. Those who are registered for the reading group will receive a copy of "The Best We Could Do" to read and return to the Library after the book discussion.
\nThe Akron-Summit County Pu blic Library has been selected as a participating library for the Yiddish Book Center's "Stories of Exile" Reading Groups for Public Libraries for 2023.
\nAt this event in the ser ies\, we will discuss "The Best We Could Do" by Thi Bui.
\nBook summ ary:
\nAn intimate and poignant graphic novel portraying one fam ily's journey from war-torn Vietnam\, from debut author Thi Bui.
\ nThis beautifully illustrated and emotional story is an evocative m emoir about the search for a better future and a longing for the past. Exp loring the anguish of immigration and the lasting effects that displacemen t has on a child and her family\, Bui documents the story of her family's daring escape after the fall of South Vietnam in the 1970s\, and the diffi culties they faced building new lives for themselves.
\nAt the heart of Bui's story is a universal struggle: While adjusting to life as a first-time mother\, she ultimately discovers what it means to be a pa rent &mdash\; the endless sacrifices\, the unnoticed gestures\, and the de pths of unspoken love. Despite how impossible it seems to take on the simu ltaneous roles of both parent and child\, Bui pushes through. With hauntin g\, poetic writing and breathtaking art\, she examines the strength of fam ily\, the importance of identity\, and the meaning of home.
\n< em>In what Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen calls "a book to break your heart and heal it\," "The Best We Could Do" brings to life Thi Bui's journey of understanding\, and provides inspiration to all of th ose who search for a better future while longing for a simpler past.< /p>\n
About the Stories of Exile Series:
\nThe Yi
ddish Book Center&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;Stories of Exile&rdquo\; Reading Groups
for Public Libraries is a reading and discussion program to engage teens
and adults in thinking about experiences of displacement\, migration\, and
diaspora. In this program\, librarians organize reading groups to discuss
three books of Yiddish literature in translation\, and one book related t
o the experience of a community served by their library. \;
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The Yiddish Book Center&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;Stories of Exile&rdquo\;
Reading Groups for Public Libraries is made possible by a gift from Sharon
Karmazin.
Programs in the series include:
\n< p>Book Discussion: "The Best We Could Do" by Thi Bui \;(Graphi c Novel)\nFirestone Park Branch Library
\nThursday\, September 7\, 6:30 pm \;
\nBook Discussion: "In the Land of the Postscr ipt: Short Stories" by Chava Rosenfarb
\nNorth Hill Bra nch Library \;
\nMonday\, October 2\, 12:30 pm
\n\nNor thwest Akron Branch \;
\nMonday\, October 18\, 6 pm
\nBook Discuss ion: &ldquo\;On the Landing: Stories&rdquo\; by Yenta Mash
\nMain Library (Meeting Room 1)
\nWednesday\, November 1\, 6:30 pm
\nM ain Library (Auditorium)
\nMonday\, November 6\, 6:30 pm
\nImmigrant P erspectives on Film
\nMain Library (Auditorium)
\nThursdays\, September 7\, 14\, 21\, 28\, 6:30 pm
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