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Don't Stop Reading Book Club

2023-10-17 19:00:00 2023-10-17 20:30:00 America/Regina Don't Stop Reading Book Club Engage in a discussion of The Home For Unwanted Girls by Joanna Goodman. Come prepared for a lively discussion. New book club members are always welcome! Sherwood Village Branch - SV-1

Tuesday, October 17
7:00pm - 8:30pm

Add to Calendar 2023-10-17 19:00:00 2023-10-17 20:30:00 America/Regina Don't Stop Reading Book Club Engage in a discussion of The Home For Unwanted Girls by Joanna Goodman. Come prepared for a lively discussion. New book club members are always welcome! Sherwood Village Branch - SV-1

Engage in a discussion of The Home For Unwanted Girls by Joanna Goodman. Come prepared for a lively discussion. New book club members are always welcome!

This is an in-person program. Registration is not required.

The home for unwanted girls by Joanna Goodman

"In 1950s Quebec, the French and English tolerate each other with precarious civility-much like Maggie Hughes' parents. Maggie's English-speaking father has ambitions for his daughter that don't include marriage to the poor French boy, Gabriel Phénix. But Maggie's heart is captured by Gabriel. When she becomes pregnant at fifteen, her parents force her to give baby Elodie up for adoption and get her life 'back on track'. Elodie is raised in Quebec's impoverished orphanage system. It's an insecure enough existence that takes a tragic turn when Elodie, along with thousands of other orphans in Quebec, is declared mentally ill as the result of a new law that provides more funding to psychiatric hospitals than to orphanages. Withstanding abysmal treatment at the nuns' hands, Elodie finally earns her freedom at seventeen, when she is thrust into an alien, often unnerving, world. Maggie, married to a businessman eager to start a family, cannot forget the daughter she was forced to abandon, and a chance reconnection with Gabriel spurs a wrenching choice. Over the years Maggie's and Elodie's lives have intertwined but never touched, but they are finally brought together when Maggie goes in search of her long-lost daughter, reclaiming the truth that has been denied them both."--Jacket flap.

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AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Learn and Personal Interest | Books and Storytelling |

TAGS: | Book Clubs |

Sherwood Village Branch

Phone: 306-777-6000

Hours

Sherwood Village Branch

Mon, Sep 09 9:30AM to 6:00PM
Tue, Sep 10 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Wed, Sep 11 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Thu, Sep 12 9:30AM to 6:00PM
Fri, Sep 13 9:30AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Sep 14 9:30AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Sep 15 12:00PM to 5:00PM

About the branch

Sherwood Village Branch is a full-service Branch that offers free public programs for all ages. Visitors to this spacious, sunny branch can expect to find:
A popular collection of books, magazines, newspapers, large print, CDs, DVDs, and graphic novels for adults, teens, and children.
Comfortable seating areas and coffee
A children's play centre with early learning computers
A permanent book sale table
A book drop for items to be returned when the Branch is closed

Upcoming events

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