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Burke Book Club (Freedom to Read Edition)

"Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury

2024-09-18 15:30:00 2024-09-18 17:00:00 America/New_York Burke Book Club (Freedom to Read Edition) Please join us online for a discussion Ray Bradbury's 1953 classic. Virtual -

Wednesday, September 18
3:30pm - 5:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-09-18 15:30:00 2024-09-18 17:00:00 America/New_York Burke Book Club (Freedom to Read Edition) Please join us online for a discussion Ray Bradbury's 1953 classic. Virtual -

Please join us online for a discussion Ray Bradbury's 1953 classic.

Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television “family.” But when he meets an eccentric young neighbor, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people didn’t live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known.

Burke Book Club meets on the third Wednesday of each month from 3:30 PM to 5 PM.  It is a monthly book discussion group through the Burke Branch Library. Please note that the discussion will be held on the first Tuesday of the month. 

This program will take place by Zoom and registration is required. After registering, you will be emailed the link to join this Zoom meeting. If you have questions about the program or need help with set up, please contact Caroline at cpak@alexlibraryva.org.

AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Book Discussion Groups |

TAGS: | science fiction | school | Freedom to Read | fiction | dystopia | classics |

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