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Breakfast Book Club

Moloka'i by Allen Brennert

2019-10-30 10:30:00 2019-10-30 11:30:00 America/Chicago Breakfast Book Club Eola Road Branch's monthly book discussion. This month's selection: Moloka'i by Allen Brennert Eola Road Branch - Meeting Room 108 (Small Meeting Room)

Wednesday, October 30
10:30am - 11:30am

Add to Calendar 2019-10-30 10:30:00 2019-10-30 11:30:00 America/Chicago Breakfast Book Club Eola Road Branch's monthly book discussion. This month's selection: Moloka'i by Allen Brennert Eola Road Branch - Meeting Room 108 (Small Meeting Room)

Eola Road Branch

Meeting Room 108 (Small Meeting Room)

Eola Road Branch's monthly book discussion. This month's selection: Moloka'i by Allen Brennert

Join us for Eola Road Branch's Breakfast Book Club. We read a variety of fiction titles, mainly historical fiction, and meet once a month for a fun discussion. Contact discussion leader Yiota Piraino at 630-264-3424 or stop by the 2nd floor reference desk to pick up a copy. No registration required.

Book description:

This richly imagined novel, set in Hawai'i more than a century ago, is an extraordinary epic of a little-known time and place---and a deeply moving testament to the resiliency of the human spirit.

Rachel Kalama, a spirited seven-year-old Hawaiian girl, dreams of visiting far-off lands like her father, a merchant seaman. Then one day a rose-colored mark appears on her skin, and those dreams are stolen from her. Taken from her home and family, Rachel is sent to Kalaupapa, the quarantined leprosy settlement on the island of Moloka'i. Here her life is supposed to end---but instead she discovers it is only just beginning (goodreads).

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Reading and Literacy |

TAGS: | Book Club |

Eola Road Branch

Phone: 630-264-4117
Fax: 630-898-5220
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Krista Danis

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This branch shares the Eola Community Center buiding with the Fox Valley Park District. It offers a quiet reading room with a fireplace, study rooms and a family computer lab. The Eola Road Branch has public meeting rooms that may be used for community programs. 

 

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