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Published: 03-May-2023
Readers can borrow an evocative autobiography “Tastes Like War” as an ebook or audiobook for free and discuss with global audience
Waimakariri Libraries are Part of Worldwide Book Club with National Book Award Finalist Memoir
Readers at Waimakariri Library can enjoy a National Book Award Finalist novel during Big Library Read, the world’s largest digital book club. From May 3-17, booklovers with a valid Library Name library card join thousands of others around the globe in borrowing Grace M. Cho’s evocative memoir, Tastes Like War, from their public library. Library card holders may read the ebook and audiobook for free without waiting on the Libby app or by visiting https://southisland.overdrive.com/
Readers can then discuss online at https://biglibraryread.com/join-the-discussion/.
This Big Library Read novel is available in more than 22,000 libraries around the world, including approximately 90 percent of public libraries in North America. During the program, readers participate in engaging online discussions about the title as well as [insert any additional library activity info during May 3-17]. The program is facilitated by OverDrive, the leading digital reading platform for popular ebooks, audiobooks and magazines and creator of the Libby app.
Tastes Like War tells the story of Grace M. Cho who grew up as the daughter of a white American merchant marine and the Korean bar hostess he met abroad. They were one of few immigrants in a xenophobic small town during the Cold War, where identity was politicized by everyday details—language, cultural references, memories, and food. When Grace was fifteen, her dynamic mother experienced the onset of schizophrenia, a condition that would continue and evolve for the rest of her life.Part food memoir, part sociological investigation, Tastes Like War is a hybrid text about a daughter's search through intimate and global history for the roots of her mother's schizophrenia.
