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Twitter Chat Part of Charlestown's October 21 One Maryland One Book
Join via Twitter @bcplinfo at 12:30 p.m. with hashtag #1MD1BK with author Reyna Grande
WHEN: Tuesday, October 21, an interactive One Maryland One Book Event; More Than 200 People to Participate from 11 a.m. to Noon.
The book discussion continues via Twitter @bcplinfo at 12:30 p.m. with hashtag #1MD1BK with author Reyna Grande joining in the Twitter chat.
WHAT: More than 200 Charlestown retirement community residents and staff along with BCPL librarians participate in an interactive One Maryland One Book discussion of The Distance Between Us, a poignant memoir by Reyna Grande of life before and after entering the United States from Mexico as an undocumented immigrant. This event will also celebrate cultural diversity and family. It is said to be one of the largest intergenerational book discussions of its kind ever held.
WHERE: Charlestown’s Auditorium, 715 Maiden Choice Lane, Catonsville, Maryland
WHY: The discussion is being conducted as part of the Maryland Humanities Council One Maryland One Book, a project designed to bring together diverse people in communities across the state through the shared experience of reading the same book. It is in partnership with Baltimore County Public Library’s (BCPL) Catonsville Branch and Charlestown’s Diversity and Inclusion Council. BCPL’s librarians facilitate the book discussion along with a panel of invited local guests and audience participation.
ABOUT: In the book, The Distance Between Us, Reyna Grande vividly brings to life her tumultuous early years in this “compelling....unvarnished, resonant” (Book Page) story of a childhood spent torn between two parents and two countries. As her parents make the dangerous trek across the Mexican border to “El Otro Lado” (The Other Side) in pursuit of the American dream, Reyna and her siblings are forced into the already overburdened household of their stern grandmother. When their mother at last returns, Reyna prepares for her own journey to “El Otro Lado” to live with the man who has haunted her imagination for years, her long-absent father.
About One Maryland One Book: In its seventh year, One Maryland One Book is designed to bring together diverse people in communities across the state through the shared experience of reading the same book. Readers are then invited to participate in book-centered discussions and other associated programs at public libraries, high schools, colleges and universities, museums, bookstores, and community and senior centers. One Maryland One Book is a Maryland Humanities Council initiative.
