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Griot African-American Book Discussion

Finding Me by Viola Davis
2024-06-18 18:30:00 2024-06-18 19:30:00 America/Chicago Griot African-American Book Discussion The Griot Book Discussion features books by African-American authors. Meets in-person and virtually via Zoom on the third Tuesday of the month. June's selection: Finding Me by Viola Davis Eola Road Branch - Zoom Room - Eola Adult Services Department, Meeting Room 108 (Small Meeting Room)

Tuesday, June 18
6:30pm - 7:30pm

Add to Calendar 2024-06-18 18:30:00 2024-06-18 19:30:00 America/Chicago Griot African-American Book Discussion The Griot Book Discussion features books by African-American authors. Meets in-person and virtually via Zoom on the third Tuesday of the month. June's selection: Finding Me by Viola Davis Eola Road Branch - Zoom Room - Eola Adult Services Department, Meeting Room 108 (Small Meeting Room)

Eola Road Branch

Zoom Room - Eola Adult Services Department, Meeting Room 108 (Small Meeting Room)

The Griot Book Discussion features books by African-American authors. Meets in-person and virtually via Zoom on the third Tuesday of the month. June's selection: Finding Me by Viola Davis

Monthly book discussion featuring works by African-American authors. You now have the option to attend in-person or on Zoom! Please register and choose your attendance option. Print copies of the book are available for checkout at the Eola Road Branch Adult Reference Desk on the 2nd floor. Email group facilitator Becky Clark at rclark@aurorapubliclibrary.org for more information.  

Book description: Finding Me by Viola Davis

In my book, you will meet a little girl named Viola who ran from her past until she made a life-changing decision to stop running forever. This is my story, from a crumbling apartment in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to the stage in New York City, and beyond. This is the path I took to finding my purpose but also my voice in a world that didn’t always see me. As I wrote Finding Me, my eyes were open to the truth of how our stories are often not given close examination. We are forced to reinvent them to fit into a crazy, competitive, judgmental world. So I wrote this for anyone running through life untethered, desperate and clawing their way through murky memories, trying to get to some form of self-love. For anyone who needs reminding that a life worth living can only be born from radical honesty and the courage to shed facades and be . . . you. Finding Me is a deep reflection, a promise, and a love letter of sorts to self. My hope is that my story will inspire you to light up your own life with creative expression and rediscover who you were before the world put a label on you.

Please note: The Griot Book Discussion will not be meeting in July. We'll be back on August 20 for our discussion on Isabel Wilkerson's book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.

AGE GROUP: | Adults - ages 19+ |

EVENT TYPE: | Virtual Program | Reading and Literacy |

TAGS: | book discussion | Book Club |

Eola Road Branch
Phone: 630-264-4117
Fax: 630-898-5220
Branch manager
Krista Danis
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About the branch

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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