Book Club - When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
Schedule
Mon Nov 18 2024 at 06:30 pm
UTC-06:00Location
3613 6th Ave, Des Moines, IA 50313 | Des Moines, IA
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You asked and we listened - join us for November’s book club as we discuss When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill! Remember - we’re now meeting at 6:30pm. “Alex Green is a young girl in a world much like ours, except for its most seminal event: the Mass Dragoning of 1955, when hundreds of thousands of ordinary wives and mothers sprouted wings, scales, and talons; left a trail of fiery destruction in their path; and took to the skies. Was it their choice? What will become of those left behind? Why did Alex’s beloved aunt Marla transform but her mother did not? Alex doesn’t know. It’s taboo to speak of.
Forced into silence, Alex nevertheless must face the consequences of this astonishing event: a mother more protective than ever; an absentee father; the upsetting insistence that her aunt never even existed; and
watching her beloved cousin Bea become dangerously obsessed with the forbidden.
In this timely and timeless speculative novel, award-winning author Kelly Barnhill boldly explores rage, memory, and the tyranny of forced limitations. When Women Were Dragons exposes a world that wants to keep women small—their lives and their prospects—and examines what happens when they rise en masse and take up the space they deserve.”
We hope you’ll join us!
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