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Join a lively discussion! This month we are discussing the One Maryland One Book pick, "What Storm, What Thunder" by Myriam J.A. Chancy
"At the end of a long, sweltering day, as markets and businesses begin to close for the evening, an earthquake of 7.0 magnitude shakes the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince. Award-winning author Myriam J. A. Chancy masterfully charts the inner lives of the characters affected by the disaster--Richard, an expat and wealthy water-bottling executive with a secret daughter; the daughter, Anne, an architect who drafts affordable housing structures for a global NGO; a small-time drug trafficker, Leopold, who pines for a beautiful call girl; Sonia and her business partner, Dieudonné, who are followed by a man they believe is the vodou spirit of death; Didier, an emigrant musician who drives a taxi in Boston; Sara, a mother haunted by the ghosts of her children in an IDP camp; her husband, Olivier, an accountant forced to abandon the wife he loves; their son, Jonas, who haunts them both; and Ma Lou, the old woman selling produce in the market who remembers them all. Artfully weaving together these lives, witness is given to the desolation wreaked by nature and by man." ~Provided by the Publisher
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AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | One Maryland One Book | Discussions | Black Heritage |
TAGS: | One Maryland One Book | book discussion | Black Heritage |
Mon, Oct 07 | Closed |
Tue, Oct 08 | 12:00PM to 8:00PM |
Wed, Oct 09 | 12:00PM to 8:00PM |
Thu, Oct 10 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Fri, Oct 11 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Sat, Oct 12 | 10:00AM to 5:00PM |
Sun, Oct 13 | Closed |
Mon, Oct 07 | Closed |
Tue, Oct 08 | 12:00PM to 8:00PM |
Wed, Oct 09 | 12:00PM to 8:00PM |
Thu, Oct 10 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Fri, Oct 11 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
Sat, Oct 12 | 10:00AM to 5:00PM |
Sun, Oct 13 | Closed |
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