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Book DiscussionAge Group:
AdultsProgram Description
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Join fellow book lovers for a monthly discussion of new and classic books. This month we will be discussing Running with Sherman by Christopher McDougall.
Copies of the book are available at the FCL Farmington Hills Information Desk.
Synopsis:
When Christopher McDougall decided to adopt a donkey in dire straits, he had no idea what he was getting himself into. But with the help of his neighbors, Chris came up with a crazy idea. Burro racing, a unique type of competition in which humans and donkeys run side by side over mountains and through streams, would be exactly the challenge Sherman and Chris needed. In the course of Sherman’s training, Chris would enlist Amish running clubs, high-spirited goats, the service animal community, and two Sarah Palin–loving long-distance female truckers. Sherman’s heartwarming story of overcoming all odds to run one of the most unbelievable races in America shows the healing power of movement and the strength of the human-animal connection.