Read Global Book Discussion (online)
Travel the world from your couch! This month, we start in Jamaica and end up in the U.S. in These Ghosts Are Family by Maisy Card. Adults. (R)
These Ghosts are Family has won an American Book Award, the 2021 OCM Bocas Prize in fiction and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel, The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, and the LA Times Book Prizes Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction. Maisy Card's other writing has appeared in The Paris Review’s “The Daily,” AGNI, The New York Times, Guernica and other publications.
Related LibGuide: Find Your Next Book by Fairfax County Public Library (Admin)
- Date:
- Tuesday, November 9, 2021
- Time:
- 7:00pm - 8:00pm
- Library Branch:
- Virtual Event
- Categories:
- Book Discussion Virtual Program
- Audience:
- Adults
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
- Download(s):
Getting the book: We usually keep a couple of print copies at the George Mason Regional Library Circulation Desk. Stop by or get in touch and we'll see if we can help you out.
Warm-up: Optional discussion questions are attached to this event if you'd like to download them. Or you can just jump in and join the discussion -- all are welcome!
Meeting mechanics:
- The link to the meeting will be emailed to you several hours before the event. If you don't receive the link or if you have any questions, please email Sarah[dot]Souther[at]fairfaxcounty.gov at George Mason Regional Library.
- Please log on 5 minutes before the event so we can get started on time.
- Virtual meeting tips: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/200941109-Attendee-controls-in-a-meeting
Accommodations: Reasonable accommodations will be made upon request. Call 703-256-3800 or TTY 703-324-8365.
Next month: Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
