Top Shelf Reads - Book Discussion

Registration required

This program is being offered remotely via Zoom. The Zoom link will be included in the registration confirmation email and reminder email sent 48 hours before the event.

We will be meeting via Zoom on November 13th from 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Join us to discuss There There by Tommy Orange.

Copies of the book are available for check out at the Information Desk at both FCL locations.

Synopsis:

Tommy Orange's wondrous and shattering novel follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, all connected to one another in ways they may not yet realize. Among them is Jacquie Red Feather, newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind. Dene Oxendene, pulling his life together after his uncle's death and working at the powwow to honor his memory. Fourteen-year-old Orvil, coming to perform traditional dance for the very first time. Together, this chorus of voices tells of the plight of the urban Native American--grappling with a complex and painful history, with an inheritance of beauty and spirituality, with communion and sacrifice and heroism. Hailed as an instant classic, There There is at once poignant and unflinching, utterly contemporary and truly unforgettable.