Brown Bag Book Club: Home

Welcome to the Brown Bag Book Club

Hosted by Kirtland Library

 Kirtland Staff and Faculty are welcome!

The BBBC provides space for members of the Kirtland Community to connect over reading.

We hope you will join us for some fun and thought provoking conversations!

From the book jacket:  "Trip. My parents started using that word about a year ago--'one day, you'll take a trip to be with us. Like an adventure.' Javier's adventure is a three-thousand-mile journey from his small town in El Salvador, through Guatemala and Mexico, and across the U.S. border. He will leave behind his beloved aunt and grandparents to reunite with a mother who left four years ago and a father he barely remembers. Traveling alone except for a group of strangers and a "coyote" hired to lead them to safety, Javier's trip is supposed to last two short weeks. At nine years old, all Javier can imagine is rushing into his parents' arms, snuggling in bed between them, and living under the same roof again. He cannot foresee the perilous boat trips, relentless desert treks, pointed guns, arrests and deceptions that await him; nor can he know that those two weeks will expand into two life-altering months alongside a group of strangers who will come to encircle him like an unexpected family. A memoir as gripping as it is moving, Solito not only provides an immediate and intimate account of a treacherous and near-impossible journey, but also the miraculous kindness and love delivered at the most unexpected moments. Solito is Javier's story, but it's also the story of millions of others who had no choice but to leave home."

• Dates: Thursdays - September 7, 14, 21, & 28, 2023 -  Join us for 1 or all the sessions as your schedule permits!
• Time:  12:30 p.m.-1 p.m.
• Location:  Zoom - Contact the Library at library@kirtland.edu for the Zoom Link

Note: This is approximately 95 pages of reading per week.

Weekly Break Down:

Week 1: Thursday, Sept. 7 - Chapters 1-3

Week 2: Thursday, Sept. 14 - Chapters 4-6

Week 3: Thursday, Sept. 21 - Chapter 7

Week 4: Thursday, Sept. 28 - Chapter 8 - end of book

Here are several ways you can get a copy of book:

• Purchase your own copy through a bookstore or vendor like Amazon.
• Purchase and download to your Kindle through Amazon. 
• Purchase and download an audiobook copy through Audible.
• Check out a copy at your local public library.
• Borrow a copy through Interlibrary loan (free of charge) by contacting Kirtland's Library.

Here's How:

Hours:  8 am - 4:30 pm Monday-Friday - Grayling

Phone: 989-275-5000 x 246

Email: library@kirtland.edu  Please allow 24-48 hours for response

For Answers to Library Questions, check out our Library FAQs