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Lakeview Book Club: The Fledgling by Octavia Butler

The theme for The Lakeview Book Club for February through May is Bay Area Authors. In April we are featuring a work by Octavia Butler, THE FLEDGLING.

Ms. Butler (June 22, 1947 – February 24, 2006) was an American science fiction writer, one of the best-known among the few African-American women in the field. She won both Hugo and Nebula awards. In 1995, she became the first science fiction writer to receive the MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant.

The Fledgling "Completely transforms vampire lore in a startlingly original story about race, family, and free will." Join us!

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