Page Turners Book Club
Oakland Ruth Enlow Library 6 N 2nd St, Oakland, MD, United StatesJoin Oakland Library for its book club geared towards readers of fantasy, sci-fi, and adventure! Our discussion this month will be on The Resisters by Gish Jen on Monday, September 16, 2024, at the Oakland Library from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Please register at the Oakland Library or contact Andrew Miller at andrew@relib.net for more information. "The time: not so long from now. The place: AutoAmerica, a country surveilled by one “Aunt Nettie,” a Big Brother that is part artificial intelligence, part internet, and oddly human—even funny. The people: divided. The “angelfair” Netted have jobs and, what with the country half under water, literally occupy the high ground. The Surplus live on swampland if they’re lucky, on water if they’re not. The story: To a Surplus couple—he once a professor, she still a lawyer—is born a girl, Gwen, with a golden arm. Her teens find her happily playing in an underground baseball league, but when AutoAmerica faces ChinRussia in the Olympics, Gwen finds herself in dangerous territory, playing ball with the Netted even as her mother battles this apartheid-like society in court." Disclaimers: Programs, events, and classes may be photographed or videotaped for library promotional purposes. Your participation in […]