Thursday Night Book Club In-Person / Online
Join the Library's longest running book club on the 2nd Thursday of every month to discuss a new book! This month, we are reading The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman. Copies are available at the Downtown Information Desk.
On the brink of World War II, with the Nazis tightening their grip on Berlin, a mother’s act of courage and love offers her daughter a chance of survival.
At the time when the world changed, Hanni Kohn knows she must send her 12-year-old daughter away to save her from the Nazi regime. Her desperation leads her to Ettie, the daughter of a rabbi whose years spent eavesdropping on her father enables her to create a mystical Jewish creature, a rare and unusual golem, who is sworn to protect Hanni’s daughter, Lea.
Once Ava is brought to life, she and Lea and Ettie become eternally entwined, their paths fated to cross, their fortunes linked. What does it mean to lose your mother? How much can one person sacrifice for love? In a world where evil can be found at every turn, we meet remarkable characters that take us on a stunning journey of loss and resistance, the fantastical and the mortal, in a place where all roads lead past the Angel of Death and love is never-ending.
We will meet in person in the Downtown Library Community Room and simultaneously on Zoom.
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- Date:
- Thursday, September 14, 2023 Show more dates
- Time:
- 6:00pm - 7:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Arizona Time (change)
- Location:
- Downtown Library Community Room (Capacity 41)
- Library:
- Downtown Library
- Online:
- This is an online event.
- Event URL:
- https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86113105232
- Audience:
- Adults Seniors
- Categories:
- Book Discussions and Author Talks