This year’s Summer With the Library theme is Postmarked from LA. Leaning into that theme and picking a title that is partially set in Los Angeles, our June selection will be The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen. To quote from the book’s description:
The Sympathizer is a sweeping epic of love and betrayal. The narrator, a communist double agent, is a "man of two minds," a half-French, half-Vietnamese army captain who arranges to come to America after the Fall of Saigon, and while building a new life with other Vietnamese refugees in Los Angeles is secretly reporting back to his communist superiors in Vietnam.
Stop by the branch for a copy of the book. If you’d like it in ebook format, you can find it on Libby.
We will come together to discuss the book on Saturday, June 27 at 3 p.m. It will be a hybrid meeting so you have the option of attending in person or via Zoom. If you’d like to join us via Zoom send an email to ayosco@lapl.org so we can get the link to you.
