Urban Life Experience Book Discussion Series

  The Urban Life Experience Book Discussion Series continued on Aug. 7, 2021 in a hybrid set-up! Six of us met in person at the Wilson Library, after sixteen months of only meeting virtually. Two of our book club members opted to meet over Zoom. The Branch Manager at Wilson graciously set us up with a big screen so that we could see and hear Nancy and Sarah clearly, and they could see us.   We discussed Everybody’s Son by Thrity Umrigar.   Nine-year-old Anton was left in a hot apartment with no air condition and no food for seven days during a heat wave in 1991. His mother only meant to stay out for a short while, but her drug dealer held her captive, forcing her to perform sexual acts as a way to pay off her drug debt. The police discovered Anton walking along the street all bloody from breaking out of the apartment’s first floor window. Anton’s mother had locked the door from the outside, for his protection.     A well-connected and powerful judge adopted Anton and provided him