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Join us for the Pacific Beach Library's monthly book discussion! Our group meets in a hybrid format, so you can choose whether you'd prefer to join us in-person in the PB Library's Community Room or virtually (please send an email to cwainwright@sandiego.gov for this year's Zoom login info). June's selection is Searching for Home: An Immigrant's Journey from Ukraine to the USA by Judythe Roberts.
Description: It's 1913 in the village of Mlyniv, Ukraine. 19-year-old Effrosinia has escaped her abusive husband and returns to her family's dacha. Discovery of her escape by the village elders would lead to public punishment, since at that time a wife was considered to be her husband's property. What can her family do to protect her? This book's author will join us for this event.
If you'd like to check out a print copy of the book, they are available 1 month before each discussion at the Pacific Beach Library's Circulation Desk. Please call 858-581-9934 x0 before coming to pick it up so that staff may confirm availability.
Book Discussion Calendar
- March 14: Switchboard Soldiers: A Novel of the Heroic Women Who Served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps During World War I by Jennifer Chiaverini
- April 11: A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell
- May 9: Mecca by Susan Straight
- June 13: Searching for Home: An Immigrant's Journey from Ukraine to the USA by Judythe Roberts
- July 11: Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
- August 8: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
- September 12: Trust by Hernan Diaz
- October 10: Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations by William McRaven
- November 14: One Book, One San Diego selection (to be announced)
- December 12: The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
- January 9, 2025: Select titles to discuss in 2025
- February 13, 2025: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride