Adult Book Club
Date:
Thursday, September 8, 2022
Time:
7:00pm
Location:
275 West Main Street, Santaquin, UT 84655
Book for September is
The Worst Hard Time
by Timothy Egan
The dust storms that terrorized the High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since. Timothy Egan's critically acclaimed account rescues this iconic chapter of American history from the shadows in a tour de force of historical reportage. Following a dozen families and their communities through the rise and fall of the region, Egan tells of their desperate attempts to carry on through blinding black dust blizzards, crop failure, and the death of loved ones. Brilliantly capturing the terrifying drama of catastrophe, Egan does equal justice to the human characters who become his heroes, "the stoic, long suffering men and women whose lives he opens up with urgency and respect" (New York Times).
In an era that promises ever-greater natural disasters, The Worst Hard Time is "arguably the best nonfiction book yet" (Austin Statesman Journal) on the greatest environmental disaster ever to be visited upon our land and a powerful cautionary tale about the dangers of trifling with nature.
Books are available at the library for registered book club members. You may check one out if you sign up. Questions 801-754-3030.
Recommended by Book Club Members:
Whistling Past the Graveyard/Susan Crandall
What Alice Forgot/Liane Moriarty
Behind Closed Doors/ B. A. Paris
In Her Skin/Kim Savage
Huntress FBI Series/Alexandra Sokoloff
We Were the Lucky Ones/Georgia Hunter
Shadowfell Series/Juliet Marillier
The Good Neighbor/ Cathryn Grant
Ruth Galloway Mysteries/ Elly Griffiths.
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