The Afternoon Book Group will be held online monthly as a Zoom event. Contact Sarah Letnes at scletnes@gmail.com to find out the book selection for each month, how to obtain the book from the Montgomery County Library's online site, and how to log onto the Zoom teleconference site for the group meeting to discuss the book.

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz March 14 Hosted by Hedy Clark

Winner of The Pulitzer Prize Oscar is a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd who—from the New Jersey home he shares with his old-world mother and rebellious sister—dreams of becoming the Dominican J.R.R. Tolkien and, most of all, finding love. But Oscar may never get what he wants. Blame the fukú—a curse that has haunted Oscar’s family for generations, following them on their epic journey from Santo Domingo to the USA. Encapsulating Dominican American history, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao opens our eyes to an astonishing vision of the contemporary American experience and explores the endless human capacity to persevere—and risk it all—in the name of love.

The group will meet on the second Thursday of each month from 3:00m to 4:30pm. Zoom contact information:

COMPUTER: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82563794596?pwd=QUU0aHVuQVhKVlVTa3ZrenR6ZVgyUT09

MEETING ID: 825 6379 4596

PASSCODE: 086398

PHONE: +13017158592