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Daytime Book Club: Little Fires Everywhere

Daytime Book Club: Little Fires Everywhere Online

Date:
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Time:
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Location:
East Meeting Room - Full Room
Location:
East Regional Library
Audience:
  Adult     Emerging Adult: 18-24 Year Olds     Intergenerational     Senior Citizen  
Categories:
  Book Club  
Online:
This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
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Come join the Daytime Book Club as we discuss this month's book! New members are always welcome (we love meeting new people!), and registration is required.

This month we will be discussing Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng. The description for the book is below:

"In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned - from the layout of the winding roads, to the colors of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the rules.

Enter Mia Warren - an enigmatic artist and single mother - who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenaged daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the mother-daughter pair. But Mia carries with her a mysterious past and a disregard for the status quo that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community.

When old family friends of the Richardsons attempt to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle erupts that dramatically divides the town--and puts Mia and Elena on opposing sides. Suspicious of Mia and her motives, Elena is determined to uncover the secrets in Mia's past. But her obsession will come at unexpected and devastating costs.

Little Fires Everywhere explores the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, and the ferocious pull of motherhood - and the danger of believing that following the rules can avert disaster."

This month we will be meeting inside the Meeting Room at the East Regional Library.

For those who would prefer to attend via Zoom, a Zoom link will be sent prior to the event.

We look forward to seeing you all soon!

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