Richland Library North Main
Page Turners Book Group
Tuesday, June 25, 2024 6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Join us for a book group discussion of this month’s title, The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler.
Join us at 6:00 on Tuesday, June 25 for a lively discussion. Please contact Mahogany Skillings at 803-754 -7734 to pick up a book group copy.
Parable of the Sower is available for download for free via hoopla in eAudiobook format.
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When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another day. Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family, and neighbors, sheltered from the surrounding anarchy. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk, she suffers from hyperempathy, a debilitating sensitivity to others' emotions.
Precocious and clear-eyed, Lauren must make her voice heard in order to protect her loved ones from the imminent disasters her small community stubbornly ignores. But what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: the birth of a new faith . . . and a startling vision of human destiny.
Page Turners Book Group meets the last Tuesday of every month from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
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