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SUMMARY:Lift Every Voice Book Club
LOCATION:Hastings Public Library\, 227 E. State Street Hastings\, MI 49058
DESCRIPTION:<p>Lift Every Voice Book Club</p>\n<p>2nd Tuesdays at 6:30 1/2
  Room</p>\n<p>Join the Hastings Public Library for a Lift Every Voice Book
  Discussion on October 8 at 6:30 PM in the Community Room. This session wi
 ll explore Jamie Ford&rsquo\;s novel\, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and S
 weet\, a story of a heartwarming yet challenging friendship between a Chin
 ese American boy and a Japanese American girl during World War II\, as the
 ir ethnic backgrounds shape their fates in vastly different ways.</p>\n<p>
 The event aims to foster a more inclusive and accepting community\, celebr
 ating the diverse cultures and perspectives that make Hastings vibrant and
  unique.</p>\n<p>All are welcome to attend!</p>\n<p>November 12 - Soul Foo
 d Love: Healthy Recipes Inspired by One Hundred Years of Cooking in a Blac
 k Family : A Cookbook<br />by Alice Randall and Caroline Randall Williams<
 /p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\;\">beautifully written compendium is l
 iterary history\, cookbook\, family album\, motherwit\, daughter-grace\, a
 nd the gospel truth. Many will be cooking from this book for years to come
  - Recipe Tasting included</p>\n<p>December - none</p>\n<p>January 14 - Th
 e Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot</p>\n<p style=\"paddi
 ng-left: 40px\;\">Cancer story and the revolutionary research\, ethical qu
 estions\, and racism wrapped up in the use of her cells. Previously\, few 
 people knew the source of HeLa cells. This book is about a woman who helpe
 d change modern medicine. Also consider the ethical dilemmas of using pati
 ent cells without knowledge or consent\, the way race played a part in how
  Lacks was treated\, and the impact on her family decades later.</p>\n<p>F
 ebruary 11 - none<br />&nbsp\;<br />March 11 - Warrior Girl Unearthed by A
 ngeline Bouley</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\;\">Discuss identity\, c
 ommunity\, lost history\, grooming\, injustice\, violence toward women\, a
 nd marginalized societies.&nbsp\;<br />&nbsp\;<br />April 8&nbsp\; - The G
 olden Voice by Gregory Cahill &amp\; Kat Baumann</p>\n<p style=\"padding-l
 eft: 80px\;\">true story of beloved Cambodian singer Ros Serey Sothea\, wh
 ose &ldquo\;Golden Voice&rdquo\; helped define Cambodia&rsquo\;s Golden Ag
 e of music until her mysterious disappearance in the killing fields of Pol
  Pot&rsquo\;s Khmer Rouge. &nbsp\;Sothea's golden voice lives on in the po
 pular music of Cambodia to this very day\, her legacy continues to inspire
 . The Golden Voice tells the story of Sothea&rsquo\;s life\, developed in 
 partnership with Sothea&rsquo\;s surviving family\, and accompanied by an 
 interactive soundtrack.<br />&nbsp\;<br />May 13&nbsp\; - The Kitchen Hous
 e by Kathleen Grissom</p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px\;\">&nbsp\; Back
 grounds\, race\, class\, and family loyalties matter greatly\, impacted by
  whether they&rsquo\;re members of the &ldquo\;kitchen house&rdquo\; or th
 e &ldquo\;big house&rdquo\; or toil in the tobacco fields and live in slav
 e quarters.<br />&nbsp\;<br />June 10&nbsp\; - none<br />&nbsp\;<br />July
  - none<br />&nbsp\;<br />August - none<br />&nbsp\;</p>
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