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URL:https://lexcan.org/events/climate-book-club-parable-of-the-sower/
SUMMARY:Climate Book Club: Parable of the Sower
DESCRIPTION:Octavia Butler published this prescient novel in 1993\, the fir
 st book of a trilogy imagining a future that included climate disruption l
 eading to social upheaval. \n\nIn 2024\, with the world descending into m
 adness and anarchy\, one woman begins a fateful journey toward a better fu
 ture.\n\nLauren Olamina and her family live in one of the only safe neighb
 orhoods remaining on the outskirts of Los Angeles. Behind the walls of the
 ir defended enclave\, Lauren’s father\, a preacher\, and a handful of ot
 her citizens try to salvage what remains of a culture that has been destro
 yed by drugs\, disease\, war\, and chronic water shortages. While her fath
 er tries to lead people on the righteous path\, Lauren struggles with hype
 rempathy\, a condition that makes her extraordinarily sensitive to the pai
 n of others.\n\nWhen fire destroys their compound\, Lauren’s family is k
 illed and she is forced out into a world that is fraught with danger. With
  a handful of other refugees\, Lauren must make her way north to safety\, 
 along the way conceiving a revolutionary idea that may mean salvation for 
 all mankind.\n\nDescription from Goodreads. Read the Parable of the Sower\
 , and come to discuss it with LexCAN at Cary Library! Registration is requ
 ired and will open on August 1. Register Here.
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CATEGORIES:**LexCAN Events,*Featured,Educational
LOCATION:Cary Memorial Library\, 1874 Mass Ave\, Lexington\, United States
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