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The following are upcoming events from the Afternoons with Authors series (sign-up at Front Desk, Library members are free/$5 for non-members):
—July 19–Gregg Brandelise, “The Death of Us All,”
—Sept. 20, 1 pm in Abravenal Hall—T. Jefferson Parker will be discussing his latest book, “Wild Instinct.”
A work of historical fiction about an Ohio nun who spent 40 years in the Amazon forest protecting the forest and the indigenous people from the depredations of the government and big agriculture. She was eventually murdered and is now up for sainthood in the Vatican.
Inspired by true events, The Death of Us All follows the life of Sister Dorothy Stang, a catholic nun who was brutally murdered by contract killers in 2005. Dedicating her life to save the Amazon Rainforest and stop the atrocities inflicted upon the indigenous peoples; her work in Brazil intertwines with locals, Adriana and Izabel.