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SUMMARY:Shelf Indulgence Book Club
DESCRIPTION:\n\nJoin in as we discuss Demon Copperhead by Barbara 
 Kingsolver. (details below)\n\nThis book will be available in limited 
 physical quantities at the library circulation desk about a month before we 
 meet. E-book and audiobook copies are available in Libby. Please register 
 by 1:00PM that Tuesday so we can prepare seating and send a Zoom link in 
 case you decide to attend virtually.  This is a hybrid event - attend in 
 person or virtually via Zoom. You must have a valid email address to use 
 Zoom.\n\nRegister by calling 225-8951 or online at: 
 https://greecepl.librarycalendar.com/event/shelf-indulgence-book-club-21539\n\n 
 \n\nDemon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver\n\nGoodreads Choice AwardNominee 
 for Readers' Favorite Fiction (2022)\n"Anyone will tell you the born of 
 this world are marked from the get-out\, win or lose."\n\nSet 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.\n\nMany 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\, Barbara 
 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.\n\nDisclaimer(s)\n\nThe 
 Greece Public Library is accessible to people with disabilities. To request 
 specific accommodations\, call 585-225-8951 at least 10 days prior to the 
 event\, or you may contact us via email through our website.\n\nStaff often 
 take pictures at library programs. The library uses photos in its 
 publicity\, in social media\, and on its website. If you do not wish to be 
 photographed\, please let us know before the program begins.\n\n
LOCATION:Greece - Welsh Room\, Greece Public Library
ORGANIZER;CN="Greece Programs":MAILTO:greece.programs@libraryweb.org
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
CONTACT;CN="Greece Programs":MAILTO:greece.programs@libraryweb.org
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