The Book of Unknown Americans, by Cristina Henriquez

BOOK DISCUSSION DATE AND TIME:
Tuesday, August 11, 2015, at 11:00 A.M.

The Riveras move from Mexico to Delaware so Maribel, their brain-injured daughter, can attend a special school. They move into an apartment building filled with other recent immigrants, including the Toros, a Panamanian family. The families become more closely tied than anyone ever expected. Henriquez intersperses her main narrative with short chapters that consist of first-person accounts of the other immigrants living in the Riveras’s apartment building. These stories are suspenseful, poignant and vividly illustrate a variety of immigrant experiences. Henriquez’s novel was inspired by her father who came to the U.S. from Panama in 1971. (NovelistPlus)

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Euphoria, by Lily King

BOOK DISCUSSION DATE AND TIME: TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015, AT 11:00 A.M.  (PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE MEETING ON A DIFFERENT DAY AND TIME FOR JULY AND AUGUST.)

Inspired by events in the life of revolutionary anthropologist Margaret Mead, Euphoria is a captivating story of three young, gifted anthropologists of the 1930s caught in a passionate love triangle that threatens their bonds, their careers, and ultimately their lives.
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