About this Event
Join the Wild Card Book Club!
Get ready for an exciting gathering as we dive into The Antidote by Karen Russell. Whether you're a longtime fan or new to Karen's work, this is your chance to share thoughts, swap ideas, and connect with fellow book lovers from all over. Grab your copy, join us, and let's chat about the twists and turns in this unforgettable read!
Ticket includes a copy of The Antidote and $5 towards your first refreshment at Common Ground Coffee & Market.
- Come to meet new people and have a great conversation!
- Discussion led by Rediscovered Books Booksellers, Amy and Diane
- Seating is limited to 12 participants, registration is required for each person.
- Haven’t finished the book? Come anyway, but we cannot promise no spoilers.
- Limited number of partner tickets available (2 people, 2 vouchers, and 1 book).
If you have already purchased the book from Rediscovered Books, please email a copy of your receipt to [email protected] and we will issue you a gift card equal to the cost of the book after you have registered.
About the Book:
The Antidote opens on Black Sunday, as a historic dust storm ravages the fictional town of Uz, Nebraska. But Uz is already collapsing--not just under the weight of the Great Depression and the dust bowl drought but beneath its own violent histories. The Antidote follows a "Prairie Witch," whose body serves as a bank vault for peoples' memories and secrets; a Polish wheat farmer who learns how quickly a hoarded blessing can become a curse; his orphan niece, a basketball star and witch's apprentice in furious flight from her grief; a voluble scarecrow; and a New Deal photographer whose time-traveling camera threatens to reveal both the town's secrets and its fate.
Russell's novel is above all a reckoning with a nation's forgetting--enacting the settler amnesia and willful omissions passed down from generation to generation, and unearthing not only horrors but shimmering possibilities. The Antidote echoes with urgent warnings for our own climate emergency, challenging readers with a vision of what might have been--and what still could be.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Common Ground Coffee and Market, 6419 West Ustick Road, Boise, United States
USD 42.99 to USD 58.74
