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Smithfield Critics Book Discussion Group

Nov 15, 2017 - Nov 15, 2017 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh- Downtown
612 Smithfield Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222

The Smithfield Critics meet at 12:00 pm on the third Wednesday of each month. This month’s selection is: "All the Ugly and Wonderful Things" by Bryn Greenwood.

As the daughter of a drug dealer, Wavy knows not to trust people, not even her own parents. Struggling to raise her little brother, Donal, eight-year-old Wavy is the only responsible adult around. Obsessed with the constellations, she finds peace in the starry night sky above the fields behind her house, until one night her stargazing causes an accident. After witnessing his motorcycle wreck, she forms an unusual friendship with one of her father's thugs, Kellen, a tattooed ex-con with a heart of gold. By the time Wavy is a teenager, her relationship with Kellen is the only tender thing in a brutal world of addicts and debauchery. When tragedy rips Wavy's family apart, a well-meaning aunt steps in, and what is beautiful to Wavy looks ugly under the scrutiny of the outside world.

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