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Walk the Vanished Earth

Join us for a book discussion of Walk the Vanished Earth by Erin Swan

1873: a bison hunter named Samson travels the Kansas plains, full of hope for his new country. 1975: an adolescent girl named Bea walks those very same plains; pregnant, mute, and raised in extreme seclusion. She lands in an institution, where a psychiatrist struggles to decipher her drawings of her past. 2027: An engineer named Paul leaves behind his suburban existence to build a floating city above the drowned streets of New Orleans. With his poet daughter he rules over a society of dreamers and vagabonds and tries to write the story of their existence. 2073: The Moon has heard only stories of the blue planet—Earth, as they once called it, now succumbed entirely to water. Moon has now come of age and could become a mother if she wanted to–if only she understood what a mother is. Alone on Mars with her two alien uncles, should she decide to continue her family line and repopulate humanity on a new planet?

Get Lit is a book discussion group for those adventurous souls who would like to read a little something different. A limited number of books are available at the Information Desk on a first come basis.

Get Lit meets outside the library at Adventurous Brewing in Bettendorf. Please note Adventurous Brewing is a 21 and older location. 

Can't make the meeting? Join us online in our Goodreads group Get Lit - Bettendorf Public Library or drop by our Facebook Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/bplgetlit/. For more information email jgillette@bettendorf.org.

Get Lit is sponsored by The Friends of the Bettendorf Public Library.