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Join our book club every first Tuesday at 6 p.m. to read and discuss popular fantasy and romance novels. This month, the book we will be discussing is "When Women Were Dragons" by Kelly Barnhill.
Join our book club every first Tuesday at 6 p.m. to read and discuss popular fantasy and romance novels.
In March, we will be discussing When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill.
"In the first adult novel by the New York Times bestselling author of The Ogress and The Orphans, Alex Green is a young girl in a world much like ours, except for its most seminal event: the Mass Dragoning of 1955, when hundreds of thousands of ordinary wives and mothers sprouted wings, scales, and talons; left a trail of fiery destruction in their path; and took to the skies. Was it their choice? What will become of those left behind? Why did Alex’s beloved aunt Marla transform but her mother did not? Alex doesn’t know. It’s taboo to speak of.
Forced into silence, Alex nevertheless must face the consequences of this astonishing event: a mother more protective than ever; an absentee father; the upsetting insistence that her aunt never even existed; and
watching her beloved cousin Bea become dangerously obsessed with the forbidden.
In this timely and timeless speculative novel, award-winning author Kelly Barnhill boldly explores rage, memory, and the tyranny of forced limitations. When Women Were Dragons exposes a world that wants to keep women small—their lives and their prospects—and examines what happens when they rise en masse and take up the space they deserve." - Description from publisher
Book Club contact: Lauryn Rodriguez (ACLD Volunteer) - enchantedpagesmhp@gmail.com
Volunteer Liaison: Sofia Eury - seury@aclib.us
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