Director's Book Club: "Circe" (In-Person)

Schedule

Fri Sep 30 2022 at 01:00 pm to 02:00 pm

Location

Miramar Library | Miramar, FL

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Director's Book Club (In-Person)
About this Event

Broward County Library Director, Allison Grubbs, will discuss "Circe" by Madeline Miller during this conversation.

"A bold and subversive retelling of the goddess's story," this #1 New York Times bestseller is "both epic and intimate in its scope, recasting the most infamous female figure from the Odyssey as a hero in her own right" (Alexandra Alter, The New York Times).


In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child -- not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power -- the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves.


Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones her occult craft, tames wild beasts and crosses paths with many of the most famous figures in all of mythology, including the Minotaur, Daedalus and his doomed son Icarus, the murderous Medea, and, of course, wily Odysseus.


But there is danger, too, for a woman who stands alone, and Circe unwittingly draws the wrath of both men and gods, ultimately finding herself pitted against one of the most terrifying and vengeful of the Olympians...


Join others to discuss the unfolding plots of this work of art.


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Miramar Library, 2050 Civic Center Place, Miramar, United States

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