BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20240724T153000Z DTEND:20240724T163000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Hooked on Books Book Group - Horse by Geraldine Brooks DESCRIPTION:We will discuss the novel Horse by Geraldine Brooks at the Cary Area Public Library. Registration is preferred\, but walk-ins are welcome. Copies of the book can be checked out at the Service Center.\nHorse by Geraldine Brooks\n\nKentucky\, 1850. Jarrett\, an enslaved groom\, and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. As the nation erupts in civil war\, an itinerant young artist who has made his name painting the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night\, he reunites with the stallion and his groom\, very far from the glamor of any racetrack.\n\nNew York City\, 1954. Martha Jackson\, a gallery owner celebrated for taking risks on edgy contemporary painters\, becomes obsessed with a 19th equestrian oil painting of mysterious provenance.\n\nWashington\, DC\, 2019. Jess\, a Smithsonian scientist from Australia\, and Theo\, a Nigerian-American art historian\, find themselves unexpectedly drawn to one another through their shared interest in the horse--one studying the stallion's bones for clues to his power and endurance\, the other uncovering the lost history of the unsung Black horsemen who were critical to his racing success. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:We will discuss the novel \;Horse \;by Geraldine Brooks at the Cary Area Public Library. Registration is preferred\, but walk-ins are welcome. Copies of the book can be checked out at the Service Center.\n

Horse \;by Geraldine Brooks
\nKentucky\, 1850. Jarrett\, an enslaved groom\, and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. As the nation erupts in civil war\, an itinerant young artist who has made his name painting the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night\, he reunites with the stallion and his groom\, very far from the glamor of any racetrack.

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New York City\, 1954. Martha Jackson\, a gallery owner celebrated for taking risks on edgy contemporary painters\, becomes obsessed with a 19th equestrian oil painting of mysterious provenance.

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Washington\, DC\, 2019. Jess\, a Smithsonian scientist from Australia\, and Theo\, a Nigerian-American art historian\, find themselves unexpectedly drawn to one another through their shared interest in the horse--one studying the stallion'\;s bones for clues to his power and endurance\, the other uncovering the lost history of the unsung Black horsemen who were critical to his racing success.

\n LOCATION:Cary Area Public Library 1606 Three Oaks Road Cary\, IL 60013 UID:e.138.16601 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260412T070308Z URL:https://carygrovechamber-gz26-gzcms.preview.gochambermaster.com/events/details/hooked-on-books-book-group-horse-by-geraldine-brooks-16601 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR