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All library locations will be closed Tuesday, December 24 and Wednesday, December 25 for the Christmas Holiday.   

The Main Library is closed, Tuesday, December 31, starting at 5:00 p.m.. The Branches are closed all day Tuesday, December 31. 

All library locations are closed all day Wednesday, January 1, 2024. 

 

Nonfiction Book Discussion

Program Type:

Discussions

Age Group:

Adults
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About This Event

We'll discuss Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond. Copies for check-out are available at the second-floor Reference desk beginning September 13. Sign up, x 167. 

About the book: A Harvard sociologist examines how eviction is a formidable cause of poverty in America, revealing how millions are stuck in vicious cycles of disadvantage, reinforced by a dysfunctional legal system.