Hamden Public Library Hosts Virtual Book Discussion

Press release from the Hamden Public Library:

Nov. 17, 2020

Broaden your understanding of our world by joining the Hamden Public Library in reading the award-winning book Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea. Then share your insights in a virtual book discussion on December 7, from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. This event is offered free of charge and is open to the public. Registration is required.

Register online at www.hamdenlibrary.org (click on programs). This opportunity is offered in partnership with Eastern Connecticut State University, who is the recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read grant.

The Big Read aims to widen our horizon, and to better understand our communities, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book. Urrea’s novel Into the Beautiful North is about a young woman in a poor Mexican town.

After watching the movie The Magnificent Seven she decides to head up north to find seven men who can help protect her town from drug gangsters. Publisher’s Weekly praised “the colorful characters, strong narrative and humor” of this “surprisingly uplifting and very human story”.
For more information, or to place a hold on the book, call the info desk at Hamden Public Library, 203-287-2680 or email info@hamdenlibrary.org.

This press release was produced by the Hamden Public Library. The views expressed here are the author's own.