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The Great Divorce Book Talk by Ilyon Woo

What happened to the three Chapman children when they disappeared from a New York Shaker village in 1815? Had they been "taken captive" by the Shakers, as their mother alleged--or was their unstable father responsible, as the Shakers claimed?  Woo will discuss the central mystery and sensational custody and divorce at the heart of The Great Divorce, as well as this frequently asked question: What became of the children? 

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