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Rendezvous Readers' Book Chat 10:00-11:00 am
Location
Abiitan's Porter Cafe
428 2nd St. S.
USA
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About this event
Join us to discuss The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown, the improbable, intimate account of how nine working-class boys from the American West showed the world at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin what true grit really meant. It was an unlikely quest from the start. With a team composed of the sons of loggers, shipyard workers and farmers, the University of Washington’s eight-oar crew team was never expected to defeat the elite teams of the East Coast and Great Britain, yet they did, going on to shock the world by defeating the German team rowing for Adolf Hitler. The emotional heart of the tale lies with Joe Rantz, a teenager without family or prospects, who rows not only to regain his shattered self-regard but also to find a real place for himself in the world. Drawing on the boys’ own journals and vivid memories of a once-in-a-lifetime shared dream, Brown has created an unforgettable portrait of an era, a celebration of a remarkable achievement, and a chronicle of one extraordinary young man’s personal quest.
If you’d like to read ahead, December's book is Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. Have a book suggestion for the Book Chat? Email Marsha Blumenthal.
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