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Into the Beautiful North Chosen as This Year's One Book, One Valley Selection!

Image of the cover of Into the Beautiful NorthThe One Book One Valley initiative announced the title of this year’s selection, Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea. Please be on the lookout for upcoming events associated with the book. 

Upcoming Events:

 

Book Discussions and Events:

Book Discussion: Town of Vail Public Library, Wednesday, March 13, 5:00 pm

Book Discussion in Spanish: Eagle Public Library, Saturday March 16, 2:00 pm

Book Discussion: Avon Public Library, Thursday, March 21, 6:30 pm
Panel Discussion featuring Jan Attoma, CMC Professor of ESL; Carol Koch, CMC Assoc. Professor of Spanish; Katy Walker, CMC Librarian; and Megan McGee Bonta, from Catholic Charities: Colorado Mountain College, Friday, March 22, 6:00 pm
Book Discussion: Eagle Public Library, Monday, March 23, 2:00 pm
Theater Performance featuring the Vail Valley Theater Company: Colorado Mountain College, Tuesday, April 2, 6:00 pm
Book Discussion: Gypsum Public Library, Monday, April 15, 6:30 pm

Film Screenings:

Film Screening of “Sin Nombre,” (R) Avon Public Library, Sunday, March 17, 2:00 pm

Film Screening of “The Magnificent Seven,” (NR) Town of Vail Public Library, Wednesday, March 20, 5:30 pm

Film Screening of "The Magnificent Seven," (NR) Eagle Public Library, Sunday, April 21, 2:00 pm

 

About the book:

From Publishers Weekly:

Nayeli, the Taqueria worker of Urrea's fine new novel (after The Hummingbird's Daughter), is a young woman in the poor but tight-knit coastal Mexican town of Tres Camarones who spends her days serving tacos and helping her feisty aunt Irma get elected as the town's first female mayor. Abandoned by her father who headed north for work years before, Nayeli is hit with the realization that her hometown is all but abandoned by men, leaving it at the mercy of drug gangsters. So Nayeli hatches an elaborate scheme inspired by The Magnificent Seven: with three friends, she heads north to find seven Mexican men and smuggle them back into Mexico to protect the town. What she discovers along the way, of course, surprises her. Urrea's poetic sensibility and journalistic eye for detail in painting the Mexican landscape and sociological complexities create vivid, memorable scenes. Though the Spanglish can be tough for the uninitiated to detangle, the colorful characters, strong narrative and humor carry this surprisingly uplifting and very human story. (May)

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The One Book One Valley (OBOV) initiative is a partnership between the Eagle Valley Library District, Vail Public Library, The Bookworm, and the Edwards campus of Colorado Mountain College. 

The Bookworm in Edwards will offer 10% off the purchase of the book to anyone who mentioned "One Book, One Valley."