Main Library Book Discussion Group

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

Adults
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Allowed Ages: 18 and up

Program Description

Event Details

"Chicago, 1944: Twenty-year-old Aki Ito and her parents have just been released from Manzanar, where they have been detained by the US government since the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, together with thousands of other Japanese Americans. The life in California the Itos were forced to leave behind is gone; instead, they are being resettled two thousand miles away in Chicago, where Aki's older sister, Rose, was sent months earlier and moved to the new Japanese American neighborhood near Clark and Division streets. But on the eve of the Ito family's reunion, Rose is killed by a subway train. Aki, who worshipped her sister, is stunned. Officials are ruling Rose's death a suicide. Aki cannot believe her perfect, polished, and optimistic sister would end her life. Her instinct tells her there is much more to the story, and she knows she is the only person who could ever learn the truth."

The Main Library Book Discussion Group meets on the third Thursday of each month at noon, in order to enjoy a discussion of a book nominated and selected by the group in the year prior. Please feel free to register to let us know you will be joining us.

Please contact the Main Library to obtain a copy of the book and the discussion questions.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

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