Millhopper Book Club

Come enjoy discussing newer fiction and nonfiction titles. In correlation with Hispanic Heritage Month, this month's book is, "The Wind Knows My Name" by Isabel Allende.

The Millhopper Book Club meets the first Tuesday of each month. You do not have to read the book to attend the meeting.

In October, in correlation with Hispanic Heritage Month, the Millhopper Book Club will be discussing The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende. “Vienna, 1938. Samuel Adler is five years old when his father disappears during Kristallnacht—the night his family loses everything. As her child’s safety becomes ever harder to guarantee, Samuel’s mother secures a spot for him on a Kindertransport train out of Nazi-occupied Austria to England. He boards alone, carrying nothing but a change of clothes and his violin. Arizona, 2019. Eight decades later, Anita Díaz and her mother board another train, fleeing looming danger in El Salvador and seeking refuge in the United States. But their arrival coincides with the new family separation policy, and seven-year-old Anita finds herself alone at a camp in Nogales. She escapes her tenuous reality through her trips to Azabahar, a magical world of the imagination. Meanwhile, Selena Durán, a young social worker, enlists the help of a successful lawyer in hopes of tracking down Anita’s mother. Intertwining past and present, The Wind Knows My Name tells the tale of these two unforgettable characters, both in search of family and home. It is both a testament to the sacrifices that parents make and a love letter to the children who survive the most unfathomable dangers—and never stop dreaming.” Description provided by the publisher

When we meet, we start by sharing books we’ve read recently, then discuss that month’s book.

Event Contact: Beth Noll, bnoll@aclib.us, 352-334-1272

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