Name: One Community One Book 2019 discussion: The Far Away Brothers by Lauren Markham
Start: 2019-10-16T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-04-25T06:51:05-05:00
Location: Iowa City Public Library: Meeting Room D

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Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

10/16/2019 12:00pm 10/16/2019 1:00pm One Community One Book 2019 discussion: The Far Away Brothers by Lauren Markham Bring your lunch and join ICPL staff to discuss the 2019 One Community One Book selection "The far away brothers: two young migrants and the making of an American life" by Lauren Markham. The Faraway Brothers, tells the story of identical twin brothers who are forced to leave their home in El Salvador under the brutal conditions of war and violence. They make their way to Oakland, California where they have to adjust to their new lives.Markham’s storytelling captures rich and nuanced insight into the migrant experience. Of the book, The New York Times’ Jennifer Senior writes, “The Far Away Brothers is impeccably timed, intimately reported and beautifully expressed. Markham brings people and places to rumbling life; she has that rare ability to recreate elusive, subjective experiences...without taking undue liberties.” This event is sponsored by the Iowa City Public Library and the UI Center for Human Rights Iowa City Public Library Iowa City Public Library America/Chicago public

Meeting Room D

Bring your lunch and join ICPL staff to discuss the 2019 One Community One Book selection "The far away brothers: two young migrants and the making of an American life" by Lauren Markham.

The Faraway Brothers, tells the story of identical twin brothers who are forced to leave their home in El Salvador under the brutal conditions of war and violence. They make their way to Oakland, California where they have to adjust to their new lives.Markham’s storytelling captures rich and nuanced insight into the migrant experience. Of the book, The New York Times’ Jennifer Senior writes, “The Far Away Brothers is impeccably timed, intimately reported and beautifully expressed. Markham brings people and places to rumbling life; she has that rare ability to recreate elusive, subjective experiences...without taking undue liberties.”

This event is sponsored by the Iowa City Public Library and the UI Center for Human Rights

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This event is open to the public.

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