This year the Arroyo Book Club will once again be participating in NEA’s Big Read program. This year the book we will be reading is The Round House by Louise Erdrich. Let’s turn to what the NEA has to say about this book:
Award-winning author and Minnesota bookstore owner Louise Erdrich hails from North Dakota and is a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. "While Erdrich is known as a brilliant chronicler of the American Indian experience," writes Reader's Digest, "her insights into our family, community, and spiritual lives transcend any category." Erdrich's 14th novel, The Round House (Harper, 2012), tells the suspenseful tale of a 13-year-old boy's investigation and desire for revenge following a brutal attack on his mother that leaves his father, a tribal judge, helpless in his pursuit to bring the perpetrator to justice. "Erdrich threads a gripping mystery and multilayered portrait of a community through a deeply affecting coming-of-age novel" (O, The Oprah Magazine). "A preeminent tale in an essential American saga" (Booklist, starred review). "This novel will have you reading at warp speed to see what happens next" (Star Tribune).
Find more information about the book at its NEA Big Read site (https://www.arts.gov/initiatives/nea-big-read/round-house)
The book is available in ebook form via Hoopla. Find it here. If you prefer a paper copy email me at ayosco@lapl.org to arrange a pick up appointment, while supplies last.
The plan is for everyone to obtain a copy and spend the first couple of weeks of February reading. I will begin posting questions to discuss on the group’s web bulletin board space on February 17 and will add a new question each day until February 27 (our regular meeting day). I encourage members to log on each day to answer the day’s question as well as review, and respond to, the answers other members provided for the previous days questions. We will then meet via video-conference on February 27 at 3:00.
If you’re not already a member of our web bulletin board space email me at ayosco@lapl.org. I will send you the details you need to know to sign yourself up.
Make a note: if you plan to join the video-conference you’ll need to send an email to ayosco@lapl.org so I can get the conference link to you.
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The National Endowment for the Arts Big Read, a partnership with Arts Midwest, broadens our understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book. The Big Read is presented in Los Angeles by the Department of Cultural Affairs.
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