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Richland Library Southeast Virtual Book Group
Thursday, January 21, 2021 7 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Join us for an online book group discussion of this month’s title, Stormy Weather, by Paulette Jiles.
Read at your own pace and then join us at 7 p.m. on Thursday, January 21, for a lively digital discussion. A link will be sent to the e-mail address associated with your library card one day prior to the event.
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From New York Times:
"As Paulette Jiles’s new novel opens, it’s the winter of 1870 in Wichita Falls, Tex., and raining hard. The town’s mood is as ugly as the weather. The 15th Amendment has just been ratified, granting the vote to all qualified men 'without regard to race or color,' and the air is full of dank mutterings. The Indian wars smolder on and federal troops remain in Texas, enforcing a ban on side arms. Capt. Jefferson Kyle Kidd, a septuagenarian widower, former soldier and printer, travels around North Texas entertaining grim little audiences with newspaper readings about these troubling times, leavened with tales of the world’s 'distant magic,' from erupting volcanoes to 'electromagnetic disturbances in the ether.'”
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“Jiles’s follow-up to her highly praised debut, Enemy Women, [is] a deeply satisfying novel with wide appeal.” --Library Journal
“Jiles’s eloquent, engaging novel celebrates four strong women toughing out the Great Depression...[a] gritty saga.” --Publishers Weekly