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Books&Roses: Parable of the Sower
dom 31 ene
11p-1a
Zoom
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Join us for a discussion of Octavia E. Butler's acclaimed post-apocalyptic
novel Parable of the Sower! We'll be covering chapters 15 thru 25 (the end of
the book) at this meeting. If you're a New Orleans Public Library card holder,
you can download the hoopla app for an e-book copy.
"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."