We will be reading "We are Water Protectors" by Carole Lindstrom, learning about the importance of water conservation, and exploring water through sensory and science activities.Oct. 17, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. the Civic Center Library Early Learning and Community Information HubOne Book, One San Diego is our region's premier literary program, presented in partnership between KPBS and over 80 public libraries, service organizations and educational institutions. Now in its 16th year, the purpose is to bring our community closer together through the shared experience of reading and discussing the same book.One Book, One San Diego is on Facebook+ @OneBookSD on Twitter
Join Poway Library to discuss this year's One Book, One San Diego selection, "The Vanishing Half" by Brit Bennett.From The New York Times-bestselling author of "The Mothers," a stunning new novel about twin sisters, inseparable as children, who ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one black and one white.One Book, One San Diego is a partnership, led by KPBS, with the San Diego Public Library, the San Diego County Library, San Diego State University, One Book Sin Fronteras and more than 30 others. For more information about One Book, One San Diego, please visit: kpbs.org/onebookOne Book, One San Diego on Facebook / San Diego County Library on Facebook
Geometric art with water colors and vanishing lines!This event is part of the One Book, One San Diego program featuring the 2022 selection for adults, "The Vanishing Half," by Brit Bennett. #1 New York Times BestsellerOne Book, One San Diego is our region's premier literary program, presented in partnership between KPBS and over 80 public libraries, service organizations and educational institutions. Now in its 16th year, the purpose is to bring our community closer together through the shared experience of reading and discussing the same book.One Book, One San Diego is on Facebook+ @OneBookSD on Twitter
Please join KPBS and our partners for a special live event with Brit Bennett, author of our 2022 One Book, One San Diego adult selection, "The Vanishing Half."A #1 New York Times Bestseller, "The Vanishing Half" is a historical fiction novel about twin sisters, inseparable as children, who ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one black and one white.Weaving together multiple strands and generations of this family from the Deep South to California, from the 1950s to the 1990s Brit Bennett produces a story that is at once a riveting, emotional family story and a brilliant exploration of the American history of passing. Looking well beyond issues of race, "The Vanishing Half" considers the lasting influence of the past as it shapes a person's decisions, desires, and expectations, and explores some of the multiple reasons and realms in which people sometimes feel pulled to live as something other than their origins.As with her New York
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