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AM Book Club: Shorewood Reads 2022

Thursday, March 17

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Location: Shorewood Village Center

The AM Book Club is a great opportunity to talk about what you’ve read, learn something new, discover new books, and meet new friends. This month we're discussing our Shorewood Reads 2022 book, The Coyotes of Carthage by Steven Wright. Join us!

Dre Ross has one more shot. Despite being a successful political consultant, his aggressive tactics have put him on thin ice with his boss, Mrs. Fitz, who plucked him from juvenile incarceration and mentored his career. She exiles him to the backwoods of South Carolina with $250,000 of dark money to introduce a ballot initiative on behalf of a mining company. The goal: to manipulate the locals into voting to sell their pristine public land to the highest bidder. Dre arrives in God-fearing, flag-waving Carthage County, with only Mrs. Fitz's well-meaning yet naïve grandson Brendan as his team. Dre, an African-American outsider, can't be the one to collect the signatures needed to get on the ballot. So he hires a blue-collar couple, Tyler Lee and his pious wife, Chalene, to act as the initiative's public face. Under Dre's cynical direction, a land grab is disguised as a righteous fight for faith and liberty. As lines are crossed and lives ruined, Dre's increasingly cutthroat campaign threatens the very soul of Carthage County and perhaps the last remnants of his own humanity.

If you're looking for a copy of the book, check our Lucky Day shelves, or give us a call at 414 847-2670, and we would be happy to put one on hold for you. For more information about Shorewood Reads 2022 and Steven Wright's upcoming visit, click HERE.

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