BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Buddha in the Attic \;by Julie Otsuka\nClick on the a bove link to reserve your copy from the Library System.\nCome to Abingto n Free Library's Community Room for a discussion on the book we're all r eading. \;Discussion led by \;Dr. Karen Weekes.\nFour paperbacks of the book are available for a two-week borrowing period for Abington Library card holders only. Come to the Library Office at \;Abington Free Library \;with your Abington Library card. Call 215-885-5180\, ext. 15 or emailkburnham@mclinc.org \;for availability or to put you r name on the waiting list. When you email to borrow the book\, please i nclude your Abington Library card number. Thank you.\nPresents the stori es of six Japanese mail-order brides whose new lives in early twentieth- century San Francisco are marked by backbreaking migrant work\, cultural struggles\, children who reject their heritage\, and the prospect of wa rtime internment. - (Baker &\; Taylor)\nWinner of the PEN/Faulkner Aw ard \;For FictionNational Book Award and \;Los Angeles Times&nbs p\;Book Prize FinalistA \;New York Times \;Notable Book\nThe Goa l of \;One Book\, One Philadelphia \;is to promote reading\, lit eracy and libraries\, and to encourage the entire greater Philadelphia a rea to come together through reading and discussing a single book.\nDr. Karen Weekes \;is an Associate Professor of English at Penn State Un iversity\, Abington College. Her teaching and research interests include contemporary American and world literature\, women&rsquo\;s writing\, a nd graphic memoir and other non-traditional modes of autobiography. She is the founder of the Society for Contemporary Literature and has enjoye d leading or participating in book groups for many years.\nThis program is made available by Abington Township Public Library in association wit h Penn State\, Abington.\nRegister for this FREE program online\, in the Library Office\, Abington Free Library\, 1030 Old York Road\, Abington\ , PA 19001\, call 215-885-5180\, ext. 15 or email: \;kburnham@mclinc .org. URL:http://abington.patch.com/events/one-book-one-philadelphia-the-buddha -in-the-attic SUMMARY:One Book\, One Philadelphia - The Buddha in the Attic LOCATION:Abington Free Library: 1030 Old York Rd\, Abington\, PA END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR