The Fiction Old and New book group will be discussing "The Same Sky"
by Amanda Eyre Ward, DB 80921 on Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 9:00 p.m.
eastern time, 6:00 p.m. pacific time in the Book Nook Room of the
Accessible World site, www.accessibleworld.org
"The Same Sky" is a dual storyline narrative filled with memorable
characters which explores the timely issues of illegal immigration and
adoption. The BARD annotation is below.
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Here is the annotation:
The same sky: a novel DB 80921
Ward, Amanda Eyre. Reading time 7 hours, 13 minutes.
Read by Emily Pike Stewart. A production of the National Library
Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.
Subjects: General
Description: Carla and her little brother live with their grandmother
in Honduras, while their mother sends money from Texas. When Carla's
grandmother dies, the children attempt to join their mother.
Meanwhile, in Texas, Alice and her husband are desperate to become
parents. Strong language, some violence, and some explicit
descriptions of sex. 2015.
Date: Thursday, April 6, 2017.
Time: 6:00 PM Pacific, 7:00 PM Mountain, 8:00 PM Central, 9:00 PM
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