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Bestsellers Book Club - Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver

Bestsellers Book Club - Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver In-Person

Join us for Bestsellers Book Club, where we discuss new(ish) and popular titles of all genres and interests! 

This month we will be reading Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver: "Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, this is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. In a plot that never pauses for breath, relayed in his own unsparing voice, he braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities. Many generations ago, Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel, but he provided its inspiration. In transposing a Victorian epic novel to the contemporary American South, Kingsolver enlists Dickens' anger and compassion, and above all, his faith in the transformative powers of a good story. Demon Copperhead speaks for a new generation of lost boys, and all those born into beautiful, cursed places they can't imagine leaving behind" --Provided by the Publisher

Adult book clubs are open to ages 18+. Meetings: 1st Tuesday of the month at 1:00 pm in the library.

Date:
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Time:
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Time Zone:
Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Location:
Parma - Meeting Room
Library:
Parma Public Library
Audience:
  Adults     Seniors  
Categories:
  Adult  

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