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SUMMARY:March 2025 Book Group
DESCRIPTION:Book Group will meet on Tuesday, March 25 at 4:00 p.m. to discuss “West with Giraffes” by Lynda Rutledge.\n\nCome early to enjoy fika—beverages and treats─starting at 3:40 p.m.!\n\nPlace a hold through Infosoup ( https://infosoup.bibliocommons.com/v2/search?query=west%20with%20giraffes&searchType=title ).\n\n\n\nAn emotional, rousing novel inspired by the incredible true story of two giraffes who made headlines and won the hearts of Depression-era America.\n“Few true friends have I known and two were giraffes…”\nWoodrow Wilson Nickel, age 105, feels his life ebbing away. But when he learns giraffes are going extinct, he finds himself recalling the unforgettable experience he cannot take to his grave.\nIt’s 1938. The Great Depression lingers. Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. They find it in two giraffes who miraculously survive a hurricane while crossing the Atlantic. What follows is a twelve-day road trip in a custom truck to deliver Southern California’s first giraffes to the San Diego Zoo. Behind the wheel is the young Dust Bowl rowdy Woodrow. Inspired by true events, the tale weaves real-life figures with fictional ones, including the world’s first female zoo director, a crusty old man with a past, a young female photographer with a secret, and assorted reprobates as spotty as the giraffes.\nPart adventure, part historical saga, and part coming-of-age love story, West with Giraffes explores what it means to be changed by the grace of animals, the kindness of strangers, the passing of time, and a story told before it’s too late.\n\n\nBook Group meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month from January through November. We do not meet in December. Watch our website calendar or our Facebook page for the most recent updates!\n\nWe read books across most genres as well as some non-fiction. Anyone is welcome to attend who has read, or is interested in, the current month’s book and would like to participate in friendly discussion.\n\nMembers are welcome to attend one meeting or all of them as their interests and schedules permit.\n\n\n\n\n\n
URL:https://scandinavialibrary.org/events/march-2025-book-group/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Tweens and Teens
LOCATION:349 N. Main Street, Scandinavia, WI 54977
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