Menomonie Public Library Book Discussion. Patrons are responsible for their own sustenance. Book Premise: Alaska, 1974. Unpredictable. Unforgiving. Untamed. For a family in crisis, the ultimate test of survival. Ernt Allbright, a former POW, comes home from the Vietnam war a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes an impulsive decision: he will move his family north, to Alaska, where they will live off the grid in America’s last true frontier. Thirteen-year-old Leni, a girl coming of age in a tumultuous time, caught in the riptide of her parents’ passionate, stormy relationship, dares to hope that a new land will lead to a better future for her family. She is desperate for a place to belong. Her mother, Cora, will do anything and go anywhere for the man she loves, even if means following him into the unknown.
Wednesday Apr 3, 2019
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM CDT
4/3/19 6:30
The Barrel Room 320 Main St E, Menomonie,
FREE
715-232-2164 x210
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