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Register 15 Seats Remaining
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/events to register.
For this quarter’s selection, we will be reading A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum. This captivating debut novel and New York Times bestseller tells the story of three generations of Arab women and their respective struggles under crushing patriarchal oppression. The largely biographical and ultimately tragic tale takes readers from 1990s Palestine to a Brooklyn neighborhood of Palestinian immigrants in 2008, where eighteen-year-old Deya is starting to meet with suitors. Though she doesn’t want to get married, her grandparents give her no choice. History is repeating itself: Deya’s mother, Isra, also had no choice when she left Palestine as a teenager to marry. Though Deya was raised to believe her parents died in a car accident, a secret note from a mysterious, yet familiar-looking woman makes Deya question everything she was told about her past. As the narrative alternates between the lives of Deya and Isra, she begins to understand the dark, complex secrets behind her community. While supplies last, books will be available for check out at the Advanced Learning Library starting July 14, 2025. For more information on how to check out a reserved copy, call 316-261-8500.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Book Club | Adult Literacy | Adult |
The Advanced Learning Library, located centrally in the historic Delano neighborhood, has many specialty services and collections including the AV Studio, local history and genealogy collections, and Friends of the Library used bookstore.