[Hac-announce] June 2022 Book Discussion: "Parable of the Sower" by Octavia Butler

[kvngough at aol.com]

Our June 2022 book is Parable of the Sower by sci-fi great Octavia Butler. The discussion will take place Saturday, June 18, 2022 at 2:00 pm at the Unitarian Society of New Haven, 700 Hartford Turnpike, Hamden. Note the early starting time as the Annual Solstice Party will follow at 4 pm.(USNH COVID policy can be found at the HAC Meetup.)

>From Amazon:
When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another day. Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family, and neighbors, sheltered from the surrounding anarchy. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk, she suffers from hyperempathy, a debilitating sensitivity to others' emotions.
Precocious and clear-eyed, Lauren must make her voice heard in order to protect her loved ones from the imminent disasters her small community stubbornly ignores. But what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: the birth of a new faith…and a startling vision of human destiny.
“A brilliant, endlessly rich dystopian novel that pairs well with 1984 or The Handmaid's Tale,…also a fascinating exploration of how crises can fuel new religious and ideological movements.” – John Green, New York Times
Kevin (& Paula)
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