If you're looking for stories that take you to uncharted places and reveal unexplored traditions, the Vital Voices book discussion is the place to be. Every second Tuesday of the month at 7pm, we’ll discuss original texts from groundbreaking authors who are reframing the course of the world as we know it. Check out an ebook or audiobook in Libby/Overdrive and/or Hoopla, or stop by the Adult Services Desk on the second floor to pick up a copy (quantities are limited). Questions? Email RSVP@orlandparklibrary.org or call 708-428-5150 for more information.
January 11: A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum
February 8: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
March 8: White Ivy by Susie Yang
April 22: The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove, an African-American girl in an America whose love for blonde, blue-eyed children can devastate all others, prays for her eyes to turn blue, so that she will be beautiful, people will notice her, and her world will be different. (NoveList)
Masks are recommended, but no library patron of any age would be prohibited from attending a library program for not wearing a mask.