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Rendezvous Readers' Book Chat 10:00-11:00 am

When:
Wednesday, September 4, 2019, 10:00 AM until 11:00 AM
Where:
Abiitan's Porter Cafe
428 2nd St. S.

Additional Info:
Category:
Social
Registration is not Required
Payment In Full In Advance Only

Join us to discuss There There by Tommy Orange, a story of 12 unforgettable characters—Urban Indians living in Oakland, California, who converge and collide on one fateful day.  As we learn the reasons that each person is attending the Big Oakland Powwow—some generous, some fearful, some joyful, some violent—momentum builds toward a shocking yet inevitable conclusion that changes everything. Jacquie Red Feather is newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind in shame. Dene Oxendene is pulling his life back together after his uncle’s death and has come to work at the powwow to honor his uncle’s memory. Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield has come to watch her nephew Orvil, who has taught himself traditional Indian dance through YouTube videos and will perform in public for the very first time. There will be glorious communion, and a spectacle of sacred tradition and pageantry. And there will be sacrifice, and heroism, and loss.

 

If you’d like to read ahead, October’s book is Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. Have a book suggestion for the Book Chat? Email Marsha Blumenthal.

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