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Pacific Library's "New Adult" Book Club: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

This month's read is Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro . About the book: "From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day and When We Were Orphans, comes an unforgettable edge-of-your-seat mystery that is at once heartbreakingly tender and morally courageous about what it means to be human. Hailsham seems like a pleasant English boarding school, far from the influences of the city. Its students are well tended and supported, trained in art and literature, and become just the sort of people the world wants them to be. But, curiously, they are taught nothing of the outside world and are allowed little contact with it. Within the grounds of Hailsham, Kathy grows from schoolgirl to young woman, but it's only when she and her friends Ruth and Tommy leave the safe grounds of the school (as they always knew they would) that they realize the full truth of what Hailsham is." The "New Adult" Book Club at the Pacific Library is a monthly book club for “New Adults,” individuals aged 17-27 years old. We read a variety of contemporary fiction as well the occasional nonfiction. The hope is this book discussion will bring together young and new adults in the area to foster community, relationships, and a love for reading. Copies of the novel are available to put on hold here or a limited few are available to pick up at Pacific Library's front desk. Please register if you can, but all are welcome!