Backlist Book Club: Parable of the Sower
Schedule
Sun Jan 26 2025 at 02:00 pm to 03:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
2122 Scott St., Lafayette, IN, United States, Indiana 47904 | Lafayette, IN
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Join us for our monthly book club discussion! All are welcome as we discuss Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler. You do not need to register, simply show up to chat about the book (be okay with spoilers if you haven't finished!).About the Book:
This acclaimed post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror from an award-winning author "pairs well with 1984 or The Handmaid's Tale" and includes a foreword by LeVar Burton and an afterword by N. K. Jemisin (John Green, New York Times).
When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another day. Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family, and neighbors, sheltered from the surrounding anarchy. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk, she suffers from hyperempathy, a debilitating sensitivity to others' emotions.
Precocious and clear-eyed, Lauren must make her voice heard in order to protect her loved ones from the imminent disasters her small community stubbornly ignores. But what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: the birth of a new faith . . . and a startling vision of human destiny.
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Where is it happening?
2122 Scott St., Lafayette, IN, United States, Indiana 47904Event Location & Nearby Stays:
