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SUMMARY:Indy Reads Game Night!
DESCRIPTION:Bring your family to our weekly game night.\n\n\nGame night is free for kids and families!  Thursdays at 5pm. We have some chess sets and games but feel free to bring along your favorite to play. \nFor more information or questions\, please email bookstore@indyreads.org. \n \nIndy Reads is a 501c3 nonprofit. Our mission is to empower adults and their families through literacy\, English language skills\, and job readiness programming. For more information about Indy Reads and the students we serve\, visit our website at indyreads.org.
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LOCATION:Indy Reads\, 1066 Virginia Avenue\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
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SUMMARY:Author Reading:  Susan Muaddi Darraj
DESCRIPTION:In honor of Arab American Heritage Month\, join Susan Muaddi Darraj for a reading and book discussion of “Behind You is the Sea” on April 4!\n\n\nIn honor of Arab American Heritage Month\, join Susan Muaddi Darraj for a reading and book discussion of her debut novel\, Beyond You is the Sea\, on April 4th at 5pm! \nThis event is recommended for all ages. Proceeds from purchases made at Indy Reads supports our English language\, literacy\, and job readiness programming. \n\n\n\nBehind You is the Sea by Susan Muaddi Darraj \nAmerican Book Award winner Susan Muaddi Darraj presents a stirring account of the lives of three Palestinian American families\, bridging the complex divide between two generations.  \nThrough her new breathtaking novel\, Behind You is the Sea (HarperVia; January 16\, 2024)\, Susan Muaddi Darraj offers a timely story about three immigrant Palestinian families and the community they’ve created in Baltimore\, Maryland. Told from the perspective of various residents\, Muaddi Darraj’s debut chronicles the compelling loves of the Baladi\, the Ammar\, and the Salameh families—illustrating the breadth of their experiences as they navigate different social\, economic\, religious\, and class realities. \nIn this engaging account of Arab culture\, Muaddi Darraj provides a polyphonic voice for the Palestinian community that interweaves stories of feminism\, immigration\, class\, generational trauma\, race\, and education. Enlightening readers to the trials of first-generation immigrants and its generational effects on families\, this novel is an accessible\, eye-opening\, and timely reflection of current events—and it’s emotionally gripping and often funny. \nThe Baladi’s struggle financially; in the opening perspective of this multi-narrator novel\, Reema Baladi struggles with a decision of what to do with an unwanted baby\, as her world comes crashing down around her with the impending death of her Baba. \nWe meet Reema later and see what her life has now become\, when Dalia\, the matriarch of the wealthy Ammar family\, employs her sister\, Maysoon Baladi\, to clean up after her spoiled teenagers—and though Dalia and Maysoon despise each other\, Maysoon comes out victorious. In another family tale\, Marcus Salameh is at odds with his immigrant father\, who has thrown his sister out of the family for dishonoring their name. Only on a trip to Palestine to fulfill a wajib\, a familial duty\, does Marcus experience a sudden transformation\, finding a sense of belonging\, and a place to truly call home\, in the least expected place. \nBehind You is the Sea offers an equally complex\, haunting\, and entertaining narrative\, illuminating the difficulties of remaining connected to a culture in a foreign land and creating a future in a country grappling with its own racial and economic trauma\, offering insight into a community that’s just like so many others in America—people who have worked long and hard to establish a sense of belonging in a new place\, eager to fulfill their hopes and dreams. \n\n\n\nSusan Muaddi Darraj is the author of A Curious Land\, a novel in stories that earned an American Book Award and was a finalist for a Palestine Book Award. In 2018\, she was named a Ford Fellow by USA Artists. A past winner of the Maryland State Art Council’s Independent Artist Award\, she is also the author of Farah Rocks\, the first children’s book series to feature a Palestinian-American character. She lives in Baltimore\, Maryland\, and teaches at the Johns Hopkins University. \n\n\n\nThis Event is Pay-What-You-Can \nHere’s what your suggested donation can do for the Indy Reads community: \nFREE – This ticket is for attendees that would like to attend this event and are unable to purchase a ticket. Indy Reads values our community and facilitators. We are proud to provide programming to all. Thank you for being a part of our community! \n$10 – This donation covers the cost of one attendee to this event. Indy Reads strives to bring the very best programming to Fountain Square and all Hoosiers. Thank you for helping us to keep our quality programs accessible for all! \n$20 – This donation covers the cost of two attendees to this event. If you are attending as an individual\, your ticket at this level makes it possible for another who cannot afford a ticket to attend. It is only through the generosity of our community that we are able to support programs that enrich the lives of all Hoosiers. Thank you for your support! \nOther – “Pay-What-You-Can” really does mean pay what you can. Indy Reads appreciates that every one of our community members is able to support our vision of 100% literacy for all in different ways. Whether you can pay $5 or $50\, we are so excited to see you – and thank you for your support! \nFor more information\, please email bookstore@indyreads.org. \nIndy Reads is a 501c3 nonprofit. Our mission is to empower adults and their families through literacy\, English language skills\, and job readiness programming. For more information about Indy Reads and the students we serve\, visit our website at indyreads.org.
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LOCATION:Indy Reads\, 1066 Virginia Avenue\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
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