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What Storm, What Thunder Discussion & Journaling

2024-10-09 17:00:00 2024-10-09 19:00:00 America/New_York What Storm, What Thunder Discussion & Journaling Join us to discuss this year’s One Maryland One Book selection, What Storm, What Thunder. We’ll explore the book’s themes and enjoy journaling together, creating fun prompts to inspire creativity! Charlotte Hall Library - Meeting Room

Wednesday, October 09
5:00pm - 7:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-10-09 17:00:00 2024-10-09 19:00:00 America/New_York What Storm, What Thunder Discussion & Journaling Join us to discuss this year’s One Maryland One Book selection, What Storm, What Thunder. We’ll explore the book’s themes and enjoy journaling together, creating fun prompts to inspire creativity! Charlotte Hall Library - Meeting Room

Charlotte Hall Library

Meeting Room

Join us to discuss this year’s One Maryland One Book selection, What Storm, What Thunder. We’ll explore the book’s themes and enjoy journaling together, creating fun prompts to inspire creativity!

This year's One Maryland One Book selection, chosen by Maryland Humanities for the theme of "restorative futures," is What Storm, What Thunder by Myriam J. A. Chancy.

At the end of a long, sweltering day, an earthquake of 7.0 magnitude shakes the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince. Award-winning author Myriam J. A. Chancy masterfully charts the inner lives of the characters affected by the disaster—Richard, an expat and wealthy water-bottling executive with a secret daughter; the daughter, Anne, an architect who drafts affordable housing structures for a global NGO; a small-time drug trafficker, Leopold, who pines for a beautiful call girl; Sonia and her business partner, Dieudonné, who are followed by a man they believe is the vodou spirit of death; Didier, an emigrant musician who drives a taxi in Boston; Sara, a mother haunted by the ghosts of her children in an IDP camp; her husband, Olivier, an accountant forced to abandon the wife he loves; their son, Jonas, who haunts them both; and Ma Lou, the old woman selling produce in the market who remembers them all.

Brilliantly crafted, fiercely imagined, and deeply haunting, What Storm, What Thunder is a singular, stunning record, a reckoning of the heartbreaking trauma of disaster, and—at the same time—an unforgettable testimony to the tenacity of the human spirit.

You can find a physical copy of the book in our catalog or download a digital copy on Libby. Come ready to discuss the book and its themes with other community members from various backgrounds. During the discussion, we will work on reflective journals with some creative prompts. 

AGE GROUP: | Teen | Adult |

EVENT TYPE: | Art & DIY |

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Charlotte Hall Library

Phone: 301-884-2211

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Tue, Oct 08 9:00AM to 8:00PM
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Thu, Oct 10 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Oct 11 9:00AM to 5:00PM
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Sun, Oct 13 Closed

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