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Expand Your Shelf Book Club

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
2024-10-21 18:00:00 2024-10-21 19:00:00 America/Chicago Expand Your Shelf Book Club Looking to broaden your reading horizons? Join us for this quarterly book club that explores diverse authors and perspectives. Call 261-8500 or visit wichitalibrary.org to register. Advanced Learning Library - Keeney Stevens Board Room

Monday, October 21
6:00pm - 7:00pm

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Advanced Learning Library

Keeney Stevens Board Room

Looking to broaden your reading horizons? Join us for this quarterly book club that explores diverse authors and perspectives. Call 261-8500 or visit wichitalibrary.org to register.

For this quarter's selection, we will be reading The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. A classic work of American Literature, this groundbreaking work of fiction is a collection of linked short stories by American novelist Tim O'Brien, about a platoon of American soldiers fighting on the ground in the Vietnam War. His third book about the war, it is based upon his experiences as a soldier in the 23rd Infantry Division. Call 316-261-8500 or register online. While supplies last, books will be available for check out at the Advanced Learning Library starting September 23rd, 2024.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Book Club | Adult Literacy | Adult |

Advanced Learning Library
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The Advanced Learning Library, located centrally in the historic Delano neighborhood, has many specialty services and collections including the Maker Space and AV Studio, local history and genealogy collections, and the Friends of the Wichita Public Library used bookstore.

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