<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp8060f8a7yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="text-align: left; font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.32px;" dir="" data-setdir="true"><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: serif; letter-spacing: -0.32px;">O</span><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: serif; letter-spacing: -0.02em;">ur book for October is </span><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: serif; letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><i>The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War</i> by journalist and author Jeff Sharlet. </span><span style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: serif; letter-spacing: -0.02em;">The discussion will take place on Saturday, October 25 at 2:30 pm at the Wilson Branch of the New Haven Free Public Library, located at 303 Washington Ave., New Haven. </span><span style="font-family: serif; letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><font color="#ff0000" style="background-color: inherit;">[Note: This is the fourth Saturday of the month rather than the usual third Saturday.]</font></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.32px;"><div dir="ltr" style="letter-spacing: -0.32px; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: serif;"><div style="text-align: center;" dir="" data-setdir="true"><img title="Inline image" alt="Inline image" src="cid:73bdb13a-4b47-568a-8683-cadcd50f3543@yahoo.com" class="yahoo-inline-image" draggable="false" style="letter-spacing: -0.32px; max-width: 400px; width: 50%;" data-id="<73bdb13a-4b47-568a-8683-cadcd50f3543@yahoo.com>"></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="letter-spacing: -0.32px; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="ydp5c6ee2a4yiv1254210725ydp2079b606yiv7824625029ydpf17e169byiv4629197463ydp85a08b59img-preview-wrapper" style="text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;">From Amazon:</span></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="letter-spacing: -0.32px; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: serif;"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div>An unmatched guide to the religious dimensions of American politics, Jeff Sharlet journeys into corners of our national psyche where others fear to tread. <i>The Undertow</i> is both inquiry and meditation, an attempt to understand how, over the last decade, reaction has morphed into delusion, social division into distrust, distrust into paranoia, and hatred into fantasies – sometimes realities – of violence.</div><div><br></div><div>Across the country, men “of God” glorify materialism, a gluttony of the soul, while citing Scripture and preparing for civil war – a firestorm they long for as an absolution and exaltation...Framing this dangerous vision, Sharlet remembers and celebrates the courage of those who sing a different song of community, and of an America long dreamt of and yet to be fully born, dedicated to justice and freedom for all.</div><div><br></div><div>"Jeff Sharlet’s startling, Didion-esque <i>The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War</i>, with its CinemaScope landscapes and slightest of hopes, visits the dirt lanes and country rallies where Christian nationalism threatens."</div><div>– Christopher Borrelli, <i>Chicago Tribune</i></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div><div><span style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;">Hope to see you on the 25th,</span></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="letter-spacing: -0.32px; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><div dir="ltr">Kevin (& Paula)</div></span></div></div></div><br></div></div></body></html>