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MCC Evening Book Club 7:00-8:30 pm - CANCELLED

When:
Tuesday, September 03, 2019, 7:00 PM until 8:30 PM
Where:
RiverWest Social Room
401 1st St. S.

Additional Info:
Event Contact(s):
Betsy Wray
(612) 455-3329 (p)
Category:
Social
Registration is required
Payment In Full In Advance Only
Capacity:
12
Available Slots:
12
No Fee
No Fee

Join us to discuss A House Without Windows by Nadia Hashimi. For two decades, Zeba was a loving wife, patient mother and peaceful villager. But her quiet life is shattered when her husband, Kaml, is found brutally murdered with a hatchet in the courtyard of their home. Nearly catatonic with shock, Zeba is unable to account for her whereabouts at the time of his death. Her children swear their mother could not have committed such a heinous act. Kamal’s family is sure she did and demands justice. Zeba is arrested and jailed, and as she awaits trial, she meets a group of women whose own misfortunes have also led them to these bleak cells: 30-year-old Nafisa, imprisoned to protect her from an honor killing; 25-year-old Latifa, who ran away from home with her teenage sister but now stays in the prison because it is safe shelter; and 19-year-old Mezhgan, pregnant and unmarried, waiting for her lover’s family to ask for her hand in marriage. For these women, the prison is both a haven and a punishment. Removed from the harsh and unforgiving world outside, they form a lively and indelible sisterhood. Into this closed world comes Yusuf, Zeba’s Afghan-born, American-raised lawyer, whose commitment to human rights and desire to help his motherland have brought him back. With the fate of this seemingly ordinary housewife in his hands, Yusuf discovers that, like Afghanistan itself, his client may not be at all what he imagines.


PARKING NOTE: Limited guest parking is available in the RiverWest garage. Register your car in the building lobby. There’s also a pay lot on the woonerf between the Abiitan and Mill City Quarter buildings (on the back side of RiverWest) that’s available for public parking from 6-10 pm Mon-Fri. Note that the parking meters are not owned by the city and the city parking app can NOT be used with them. Pay at the station in the lot.

The MCC Evening Book Club usually meets on the first Tuesday of every other month. The next gathering is on November 5.


Mill City Commons
1201 W River Pkwy, Suite #217C
Minneapolis, MN 55454
612-455-3329
info@millcitycommons.org
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