Posted on February 19, 2021 by hvazquez
We welcome you to join us on March 17, 2021 at 7pm via Zoom
to discuss the book “The Vanishing Half” by Brit Bennett. This is an open
event for the residents & their guests who would like to join us.
“The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after
growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at
age sixteen, it’s not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as
adults, it’s everything: their families, their communities, their racial
identities. Many years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the
same southern town she once tried to escape. The other secretly passes for
white, and her white husband knows nothing of her past. Still, even separated
by so many miles and just as many lies, the fates of the twins remain
intertwined. What will happen to the next generation, when their own daughters’
storylines intersect?” – Amazon
Sound interesting? If so, start reading and join us on
Wednesday, March 17th at 7pm!
Posted on January 22, 2021 by hvazquez
We welcome you to join us on February 17, 2021 at 7pm via
Zoom to discuss the book “The Biggest Bluff” by Maria Konnikova. This is an
open event for the residents & their guests who would like to join us.
“The tale of how Konnikova followed a story about poker
players and wound up becoming a story herself will have you riveted, first as
you learn about her big winnings, and then as she conveys the lessons she
learned both about human nature and herself.” —The Washington Post
Sound interesting? If so, start reading and join us on
Wednesday, February 17th at 7pm!
Posted on December 18, 2020 by hvazquez
We welcome you to join us on Jan 20, 2021 at 7pm via Zoom to
discuss the book “Convenience Store Woman” by Sayaka Murata. This is an open
event for the residents & their guests who would like to join us.
“The English-language debut of one of Japan’s most talented
contemporary writers, selling over 650,000 copies there, Convenience Store
Woman is the heartwarming and surprising story of thirty-six-year-old Tokyo
resident Keiko Furukura. Keiko has never fit in, neither in her family, nor in
school, but when at the age of eighteen she begins working at the Hiiromachi
branch of “Smile Mart,” she finds peace and purpose in her life. In the store,
unlike anywhere else, she understands the rules of social interaction―many are
laid out line by line in the store’s manual―and she does her best to copy the
dress, mannerisms, and speech of her colleagues, playing the part of a “normal”
person excellently, more or less. Managers come and go, but Keiko stays at the
store for eighteen years. It’s almost hard to tell where the store ends and she
begins. Keiko is very happy, but the people close to her, from her family to
her coworkers, increasingly pressure her to find a husband, and to start a
proper career, prompting her to take desperate action… A brilliant depiction of
an unusual psyche and a world hidden from view, Convenience Store Woman is an
ironic and sharp-eyed look at contemporary work culture and the pressures to
conform, as well as a charming and completely fresh portrait of an unforgettable
heroine.” – Amazon
Sound interesting? If so, start reading and join us on
Wednesday, January 20th at 7pm!
