This month's Book Club meeting is going to be a h ybrid event and you are welcome to come to the hum anist center in person\, or to Zoom in using the l ink below.
\nThi s month's selection is:
\nPainted Horses: A Novel by by Ma
lcolm Brooks
386 pp 13 he 23 min 3.9 sta
rs
From Amazon …
\n
A masterp
iece of Biblical scope\, and the magnum opus of on
e of In the mid-1950s\, America was flush with pro
sperity and saw an unbroken line of progress clear
to the horizon\, while the West was still very mu
ch wild. In this ambitious\, incandescent debut\,
Malcolm Brooks animates that time and untamed land
scape in a tale of the modern and the ancient\, of
love and fate\, and of heritage threatened by pro
gress.
Catherine Lemay
is a young archaeologist on her way to Montana wit
h a huge task before her - a canyon "as deep as th
e devil's own appetites." Working ahead of a major
dam project\, she has one summer to prove that no
thing of historical value will be lost in the floo
d. From the moment she arrives\, nothing is famili
ar - the vastness of the canyon itself mocks the c
ontained\, artifact-rich digs in post-Blitz London
where she cut her teeth. And then there's John H\
, a former mustanger and veteran of the US Army's
last mounted cavalry campaign\, living a fugitive
life in the canyon. John H inspires Catherine to s
ee beauty in the stark landscape\, and her heart o
pens to more than just the vanished past.
Pa
inted Horses sends a dauntless young woman on a he
roic quest\, sings a love song to the horseman's v
anishing way of life\, and reminds us that love an
d ambition\, tradition and the future\, often make
strange bedfellows. It establishes Malcolm Brooks
as an extraordinary new talent.
The Book Club meets on the 4th Saturday of ev ery month.
\nHenry Geist and V ici Duarte are your hosts.
\nZo
om meeting ID: 914 535 5110
(O
pen your Zoom app and type this number in the box
that comes up after you click on the 'Join' icon)<
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Note: The book club meets in the library\ , which is down the hallway from the great room. DESCRIPTION:\n \n \n This month's Book Club meeting is going t o be a hybrid event and you are welcome to come to the humanist center in person\, or to Zoom in usi ng the link below.\n \n \n This month's selection is:\n \n \n Painted Horses: A Novel by by Malcolm Brooks\n 386 pp 13 he 23 min 3.9 stars\n \n \n Fr om Amazon…\n \n \n \n A masterpiece of Biblical s cope\, and the magnum opus of one of In the mid-19 50s\, America was flush with prosperity and saw an unbroken line of progress clear to the horizon\, while the West was still very much wild. In this a mbitious\, incandescent debut\, Malcolm Brooks ani mates that time and untamed landscape in a tale of the modern and the ancient\, of love and fate\, a nd of heritage threatened by progress.\n \n \n Cat herine Lemay is a young archaeologist on her way t o Montana with a huge task before her - a canyon " as deep as the devil's own appetites." Working ahe ad of a major dam project\, she has one summer to prove that nothing of historical value will be los t in the flood. From the moment she arrives\, noth ing is familiar - the vastness of the canyon itsel f mocks the contained\, artifact-rich digs in post -Blitz London where she cut her teeth. And then th ere's John H\, a former mustanger and veteran of t he US Army's last mounted cavalry campaign\, livin g a fugitive life in the canyon. John H inspires C atherine to see beauty in the stark landscape\, an d her heart opens to more than just the vanished p ast.\n Painted Horses sends a dauntless young wom an on a heroic quest\, sings a love song to the ho rseman's vanishing way of life\, and reminds us th at love and ambition\, tradition and the future\, often make strange bedfellows. It establishes Malc olm Brooks as an extraordinary new talent.\n \n \n The Book Club meets on the 4th Saturday of every month.\n \n \n Henry Geist and Vici Duarte are you r hosts.\n \n \n Zoom meeting ID: 914 535 5110\n (Open your Zoom app and type this number in the bo x that comes up after you click on the 'Join' icon )\n \n \n Note: The book club meets in the library \, which is down the hallway from the great room.\ n \n CATEGORIES:Book club CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260822T100000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260822T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20260822T120000 LOCATION:627 W RIO SALADO PKWY\n HUMANIST SOCIETY OF GREATE R PHOENIX\n MESA\, AZ 85201-4009\n United States\n URL:https://hsgp.org/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=4941 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR