Book Club Special: Absolution by Alice McDermott

Program Type:

Book Discussion

Age Group:

Emerging Adults, Adults, Older Adults
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Event Details

Join us for a one-time book club discussion on Saturday, October 26th and enjoy a great read while you are waiting for a copy of Kristin Hannah’s The Women. Books are available now for pick up at the UC Library Circulation Desk.

In Saigon in 1963, two young American wives form a wary alliance. Armed with baskets filled with candy and toys, they descend on hospitals, orphanages, and a leper colony on the coast, determined to relieve suffering, no matter the cost. With a narrative impact that recalls Graham Greene’s The Quiet American , Alice McDermott confronts the unresolved mysteries and ironies of America’s tragic interference in Southeast Asia.

 

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