This month we will be discussing Red Glass\, an award-winning novel by Laura Resau\, a Fort Collins author. This novel is marketed as a teen book\, but anyone can relate to its themes of identity\, self-confidence\, and growth. Teenage Sophie travels to Mexico to help her foster brother visit his family one last time. Along the way\, she learns to trust herself and to reach out in love. Resau touches on the plight of illegal immigrants in an empathic way and also gives a fascinating glimpse into Mexican culture.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T082754Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100216T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100216T010000Z UID:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/traps-trenchcoats-death-red-heroine-qiu-xiaolong URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/traps-trenchcoats-death-red-heroine-qiu-xiaolong SUMMARY:Traps & Trenchcoats\: Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong DESCRIPTION:This month\, experience post-Tiananmen China in Death of a Red Heroine by Qiu Xiaolong. The novel combines the beauty of poetry with the politics of ‘90’s China in an intelligent police procedural. It won the 2001 Anthony Award for Best First novel.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120524T082754Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100218T013000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100218T013000Z UID:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/three-adventures-winter-night URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/three-adventures-winter-night SUMMARY:Three Adventures on a Winter Night DESCRIPTION:Three Adventures on a Winter Night features the opportunity to meet three great authors with three different adventures. You may enjoy award-winning Carol Berg’s Spirit Lens\, the start of her new science fiction series of political and magical intrigue. Or perhaps you would prefer Soliloquy by Janet Fogg\, a World War II time travel story with adventure and romance. Maybe the story that appeals most is Ashes of the Red Heifer by Shannon Baker\, a thriller in which a prophecy may be fulfilled with the fate of the world at stake. Whatever your taste\, you’ll find a book to cozy up to on a long winter’s night.
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