One Book, One San Diego Book Group

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One Book, One San Diego

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Please join us for a book discussion for adults on the 2019 One Book, One San Diego discussion of "The Great Believers" by Rebecca Makkai.

“The Great Believers” is a historical novel about the terrors and tragedies of the AIDS epidemic and its repercussions, through a story about friendship and redemption in the face of tragedy and loss, set in 1980s Chicago and contemporary Paris.

It won the Stonewall Book Award, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, and was optioned by Amy Poehler for television.

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