Oak Park Public Library book club kit. a novel / The yield
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[Oak Park, IL] : [Oak Park Public Library], [2020].
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Oak Park Public Library Main Branch - Adult Book Club
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Published
[Oak Park, IL] : [Oak Park Public Library], [2020].
Format
Kit
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1 kit (10 books and 1 discussion guide) ; bag 15 x 20 x 5 in.
Language
English

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General Note
The Book Club Kit contains 10 copies of the title and 1 guide featuring book discussion questions, and suggested titles. The Kit can be checked out by one member of the book club, and can only be returned to the Oak Park Public Library Main Lobby. Kits will not be removed from a patron's account unless all 10 books are included when returned.
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Book club discussion kit featuring The Yield: "Knowing that he will soon die, Albert 'Poppy' Gondiwindi takes pen to paper. His life has been spent on the banks of the Murrumby River at Prosperous House, in the fictional Australian town of Massacre Plains. Albert is determined to pass on the language of his people, the indigenous Wiradjuri tribe, and everything that was ever remembered by the ancestors. He finds the words on the wind. August Gondiwindi has been living in Europe for ten years when she learns of her grandfather's death. She returns home for his burial, wracked with grief and burdened with the memories of life in poverty before her mother's incarceration, her hometown's racism against her people, and the mysterious disappearance of her sister when they were kids that changed August's life forever. Her homecoming is bittersweet as she confronts the love of her kin and news that Prosperous is to be repossessed by a mining company. Determined to make amends, she endeavors to save their land - a quest that leads her to the voice of her grandfather and into the past, the stories of her people, the secrets of the river. Told in three masterfully woven narratives, THE YIELD is a celebration of language and an exploration of what makes somewhere "home." It is not just the story of a people and a culture dispossessed, but a joyful reminder of what was and what endures. It is a powerful reclaiming of Indigenous language, storytelling and identity, offering hope for the future."--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Oak Park Public Library (Ill.). (2020). Oak Park Public Library book club kit: a novel . [Oak Park Public Library].

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Oak Park Public Library (Ill.). 2020. Oak Park Public Library Book Club Kit: A Novel. [Oak Park Public Library].

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Oak Park Public Library (Ill.). Oak Park Public Library Book Club Kit: A Novel [Oak Park Public Library], 2020.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Oak Park Public Library (Ill.). Oak Park Public Library Book Club Kit: A Novel [Oak Park Public Library], 2020.

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