DISCUSSION DATE AND TIME:
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2018, AT 2:00 P.M.
A captivating, often hilarious novel of family, loss, wilderness, and the curse of a violent America, Dave Egger's Heroes of the Frontier is a powerful examination of our contemporary life and a rousing story of adventure. Josie and her children's father have split up, she's been sued by a former patient and lost her dental practice, and she's grieving the death of a young man senselessly killed. When her ex asks to take the children to meet his new fiancee's family, Josie makes a run for it figuring Alaska is about as far as she can get without a passport. Josie and her kids, Paul and Ana, rent a rattling old RV named the Chateau, and at first, their trip feels like a vacation....
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