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BPL Virtual Book Club

The Daughters of Erietown by Connie Schultz

Join us to discuss The Daughters of Erietown, Connie Schultz' first novel that explores hidden desires, long-held secrets and the sacrifices people make to realize their dreams.

The BPL Virtual Book Club selection for July is The Daughters of Erietown, the first novel written by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Connie Schultz. Hidden desires, long-held secrets and the sacrifices people make to realize their dreams are at the heart of this powerful novel about a working class family in Ohio. 

In the 1950s, Ellie and Brick are teenagers in love. As a basketball star, Brick has the chance to escape his abusive father and become the first person in his blue-collar family to attend college. But after Ellie learns that she is pregnant, they get married, she gives up her dream of nursing school, and Brick gets a union card instead.

From there, this riveting novel tells the story of Brick, Ellie, and their daughter Samantha. It illuminates the issues facing working-class families and their communities, as it chronicles the evolution of women's lives in America and the secrets people pretend not to know about their town and their family. 

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