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 Daughter of Fortune : A Novel\, by Isabel Allende
\nfrom Amazon:
\n496 Pages
An Oprah Book Club selec
tion!
"Allende h
as created a masterpiece of historical fiction tha
t is passionate\, adventurous\, and brilliantly in
sightful. . . . suspenseful and surprising." —Denv
er Post
From the revere
d New York Times bestselling author of The House o
f the Spirits and A Long Petal of the Sea comes a
passionate tale of one young woman's epic journey
to save her lover\, set against the chaos\, greed\
, and promise of the 1849 California Gold Rush.
Raised in the British colony of Valparaíso\, C
hile\, English orphan Eliza Sommers meets and fall
s in love with the wildly inappropriate Joaquín An
dieta\, a lowly clerk with ambitious dreams. When
gold is discovered in the hills of northern Califo
rnia\, Chileans\, including Joaquín\, head north t
o seek their fortune. Eliza\, pregnant with Joaquí
n’s child\, leaves behind everything she knows to
follow her lover.
In th e rough-and-tumble world of San Francisco\, Eliza must navigate a society dominated by greedy men. B ut with the help of her natural spirit and a good friend\, Chinese doctor Tao Chi’en\, Eliza soon co mes to discover that her search for love has becom e a powerful coming of age story and a quest of pe rsonal freedom.
\nThe Book Clu b meets on the 4th Saturday of every month.
\nHenry Geist and Vici Duarte are yo ur hosts.
\nZoom meeting ID: 914 535 5110
(Open your Zoom app
and type this number in the box that comes up aft
er you click on the 'Join' icon)
Note: Th e book club meets in the library\, which is down t he 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 Daughter of Fortune: A Novel\, by Isabel Allend e\n \n \n from Amazon:\n \n \n 496 Pages\n An Opr ah Book Club selection!\n \n \n \n "Allende has c reated a masterpiece of historical fiction that is passionate\, adventurous\, and brilliantly insigh tful. . . . suspenseful and surprising." —Denver P ost\n \n \n From the revered New York Times bestse lling author of The House of the Spirits and A Lon g Petal of the Sea comes a passionate tale of one young woman's epic journey to save her lover\, set against the chaos\, greed\, and promise of the 18 49 California Gold Rush.\n Raised in the British colony of Valparaíso\, Chile\, English orphan Eliz a Sommers meets and falls in love with the wildly inappropriate Joaquín Andieta\, a lowly clerk with ambitious dreams. When gold is discovered in the hills of northern California\, Chileans\, includin g Joaquín\, head north to seek their fortune. Eliz a\, pregnant with Joaquín’s child\, leaves behind everything she knows to follow her lover.\n \n \n In the rough-and-tumble world of San Francisco\, E liza must navigate a society dominated by greedy m en. But with the help of her natural spirit and a good friend\, Chinese doctor Tao Chi’en\, Eliza so on comes to discover that her search for love has become a powerful coming of age story and a quest of personal freedom.\n \n \n The Book Club meets o n the 4th Saturday of every month.\n \n \n Henry G eist and Vici Duarte are your hosts.\n \n \n Zoom meeting ID: 914 535 5110\n (Open your Zoom app an d type this number in the box that comes up after you click on the 'Join' icon)\n \n \n Note: The bo ok club meets in the library\, which is down the h allway from the great room.\n \n CATEGORIES:Book club CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;TZID=America/Phoenix:20261128T100000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20261128T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20261128T120000 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=4944 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR