The Nonfiction Book Club meets and discusses Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder. Copies of the book are available to borrow.
Book Description:
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder returns with the extraordinary true story of Deo, a young man who arrives in America from Burundi in search of a new life. After surviving a civil war and genocide, he ekes out a precarious existence delivering groceries, living in Central Park, and learning English by reading dictionaries in bookstores. Then he begins to meet the strangers who will change his life, pointing him eventually in the direction of Columbia University, medical school, and a life devoted to healing.
Event Location:
Program Time:
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Room Reservation:
Tue, January 04, 2022