Just wanted to let you know what's going on with readers in our own community of Tigard...
Tigard library has selected John Steinbeck's classic novel The Grapes of Wrath for their third community reading program, Tigard Reads. I personally have never read this classic, and think this would be a wonderful way to enjoy book discussion with some new faces in Tigard. Unfortunately, they've already had one discussion meeting, but there is still another later in the month, see the information below.
:) Mary
Wednesday, February 24 * 7-8:30 p.m. * Houghton Room at the Tigard Library
The Morning Book Group invites readers to discuss John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath. First published in 1939, this Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and tells the story of one Oklahoma farm family who is forced off their land by the "land companies." They decide to travel west to the promised land of California. A portrait of conflict between the powerful and the powerless, the novel captures the horrors of the Depression and probes the very nature of equality in America.
Tigard Reads offers the opportunity to immerse ourselves in a poignant, colorful, creative period of American history while exploring how people helped each other through tough times with popular pastimes such as dancing, games and movies. Please join us in person and online to discuss this American classic and sample the distinct flavor of the 1930s through music, films, foods, oral histories and much
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