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Our July selection is "All This Could Be Different" by Sarah Thankam Mathews. Copies of the book are available for check out at both buildings. Program starts promptly at 2:00PM in the Mary Cheney Library Lobby. Attendees will take a two-mile walk to and from the library, making stops for discussion. We will walk rain or shine, but in extreme weather, please call the library at: 860-645-0821.
About the book, from www.goodreads.com:
Graduating into the long maw of an American recession, Sneha is one of the fortunate ones. She’s moved to Milwaukee for an entry-level corporate job that, grueling as it may be, is the key that unlocks every door: she can pick up the tab at dinner with her new friend Tig, get her college buddy Thom hired alongside her, and send money to her parents back in India. She begins dating women—soon developing a burning crush on Marina, a beguiling and beautiful dancer who always seems just out of reach.
But before long, trouble arrives. Painful secrets rear their heads; jobs go off the rails; evictions loom. Sneha struggles to be truly close and open with anybody, even as her friendships deepen, even as she throws herself headlong into a dizzying romance with Marina. It’s then that Tig begins to draw up a radical solution to their problems, hoping to save them all.
A beautiful and capacious novel rendered in singular, unforgettable prose, All This Could Be Different is a wise, tender, and riveting group portrait of young people forging love and community amidst struggle, and a moving story of one immigrant’s journey to make her home in the world.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Manchester Public Library, CT, 586 Main Street,Manchester,CT,United States
