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SUMMARY:Offbeat Book Club
DESCRIPTION:August selection: The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai\n\nIn 
 1985\, Yale Tishman\, the development director for an art gallery in 
 Chicago\, is about to pull off an amazing coup\, bringing in an 
 extraordinary collection of 1920s paintings as a gift to the gallery. Yet 
 as his career begins to flourish\, the carnage of the AIDS epidemic grows 
 around him. One by one\, his friends are dying and after his friend Nico's 
 funeral\, the virus circles closer and closer to Yale himself. Soon the 
 only person he has left is Fiona\, Nico's little sister.\n\nThirty years 
 later\, Fiona is in Paris tracking down her estranged daughter who 
 disappeared into a cult. While staying with an old friend\, a famous 
 photographer who documented the Chicago crisis\, she finds herself finally 
 grappling with the devastating ways AIDS affected her life and her 
 relationship with her daughter. The two intertwining stories take us 
 through the heartbreak of the eighties and the chaos of the modern world\, 
 as both Yale and Fiona struggle to find goodness in the midst of 
 disaster.\n\nThe Offbeat Book Club is a book discussion group for 
 20-40-somethings. \n\nBook club kit copies are available for participants 
 about a month before the book club meets. Visit the Adult Information Desk 
 on the 2nd floor to get your copy. These are available on a first-come\, 
 first-serve basis.\n\nRegister to reserve your spot in the meeting. \n\nThe 
 meeting will be held outside at the Lions Park Picnic Shelter\, weather 
 pending. For more information\, email offbeat@sapl.ca
LOCATION:Training Room (Downtown Library - 5 St. Anne Street)
ORGANIZER;CN="Alison Watson":MAILTO:awatson@sapl.ca
CATEGORIES:Adult
CONTACT;CN="Alison Watson":MAILTO:awatson@sapl.ca
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