Book Discussion "There There," by Tommy Orange
"There There," by Tommy Orange
One of the Best Books of the Year: The Washington Post, NPR, Time, O, The Oprah Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Entertainment Weekly, The Boston Globe, GQ, The Dallas Morning News, Buzzfeed, Bookpage, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews.
A relentlessly paced multigeneraltional story about violence, recovery, memory and identity, and the beauty and despair woven into the history of a nation and its people. It tells the story of twelve characters, each of whom have private reasons for traveling to the Big Oakland Powwor. There will be glorious communion, and a spectacle of sacred tradition and pageantry. And there will be sacrifice, and heroism, and unspeakable loss.
Refreshments will be Served.
"There There," by Tommy Orange
One of the Best Books of the Year: The Washington Post, NPR, Time, O, The Oprah Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Entertainment Weekly, The Boston Globe, GQ, The Dallas Morning News, Buzzfeed, Bookpage, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews.
A relentlessly paced multigeneraltional story about violence, recovery, memory and identity, and the beauty and despair woven into the history of a nation and its people. It tells the story of twelve characters, each of whom have private reasons for traveling to the Big Oakland Powwor. There will be glorious communion, and a spectacle of sacred tradition and pageantry. And there will be sacrifice, and heroism, and unspeakable loss.
Brooklyn Public Library - Clinton Hill, Meeting Room MM/DD/YYYY 60