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LOCAL LITERARY EVENT:

Friday, March 29, 2013

The Burgess Boys

This week's Time magazine has an article on The Burgess Boys, the new novel by Elizabeth Strout (Olive Kitteridge). The article's tagline is "What happens when a hate crime becomes a family affair?" It is set in Shirley Falls, Maine (same setting as Amy and Isabelle), after a bunch of refugees move in from Somalia. Her book that we read was entertaining, and led to lots of discussion, so probably this one would be a good selection too.

2 comments:

ClaudiaH said...

Intriguing.

Pam Fuchs said...

Dennis, you've given me an idea for the next time I nominate. I'm into themes so perhaps next time I'll nominate 3 books by authors our group has already read and enjoyed. ...Pam