True Story Book Group (Virtual Event)

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Literacy, Discussion, Community

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Adults
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Explore critically acclaimed nonfiction books with us. Find out for yourself that sometimes fact truly is stranger than fiction.

This month's selection is available in print format at the Library (place a hold by calling 847.810.4610 or visiting our online catalog) and as an eBook and eAudiobook on Libby/Overdrive.

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This month's selection:
"Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side" by Eve L. Ewing

Book Summary: "In 2013...Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced an unprecedented wave of school closings. Pitched simultaneously as a solution to a budget problem, a response to declining enrollments, and a chance to purge bad schools that were dragging down the whole system, the plan was met with a roar of protests from parents, students, and teachers. But if these schools were so bad, why did people care so much about keeping them open, to the point that some would even go on a hunger strike? Ewing's answer begins with a story of systemic racism, inequality, bad faith, and distrust that stretches deep into Chicago history. Rooting her exploration in the historic African American neighborhood of Bronzeville, Ewing reveals that this issue is about much more than just schools."

This event is part of Read Between the Ravines, the joint nonfiction reading program from Lake Forest Library and Lake Bluff Public Library. To learn more, visit our Read Between page.

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