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ONLINE Book Discussion

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

2021-04-08 18:30:00 2021-04-08 19:30:00 America/Chicago ONLINE Book Discussion Please join us for an online discussion of the book "Transcendent Kingdom" by Yaa Gyasi. Zoom (online -

Thursday, April 08
6:30pm - 7:30pm

Add to Calendar 2021-04-08 18:30:00 2021-04-08 19:30:00 America/Chicago ONLINE Book Discussion Please join us for an online discussion of the book "Transcendent Kingdom" by Yaa Gyasi. Zoom (online -

Please join us for an online discussion of the book "Transcendent Kingdom" by Yaa Gyasi.

"Gifty is a fifth-year candidate in neuroscience at Stanford School of Medicine studying reward-seeking behavior in mice and the neural circuits of depression and addiction. Her brother, Nana, was a gifted high school athlete who died of a heroin overdose after a knee injury left him hooked on OxyContin. Her suicidal mother is living in her bed. Gifty is determined to discover the scientific basis for the suffering she sees all around her...'Transcendent Kingdom' is a deeply moving portrait of a family of Ghanaian immigrants ravaged by depression and addiction and grief--a novel about faith, science, religion, love. Exquisitely written, emotionally searing, this is an exceptionally powerful follow-up to Gyasi's phenomenal debut." ~Goodreads.com

Available for digital checkout in Libby and Cloud Library. Print copies will be available upon request at the Ask Us Desk four weeks before the discussion.

Contact the Ask Us Desk at askus@dglibrary.org with questions.

Participant Zoom instructions:

Registration with email address is required. The meeting link and password, along with handouts, will be emailed to participants the day before the program. If you do not receive it by 5:00 p.m. the previous day, please contact the library.

Virtual programs adhere to the Library's Video and Photography Policy. Participants should be aware of their privacy settings before logging into the program. 

This program will be presented through a live Zoom meeting.

Instructions for joining a meeting are available here: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193-Joining-a-meeting and their Privacy Policy is here: https://zoom.us/privacy/

DGPL staff will be monitoring email before the program to assist with logon issues.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Virtual Program | Registration Required | Book Discussions |

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