BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Find Local//findlocal.community//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:19700308T020000
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:19701101T020000
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:98e832c7-2ac9-42d5-a29c-2e1b720c8995@findlocal.community
DTSTAMP:20261015T193510Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261104T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261104T210000
SUMMARY:The Big Reads Book Group: Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel
DESCRIPTION:*Please note that we will NOT be meeting in December. Have a 
 great holiday season and see you in the new year!* The Big Reads Book Gr
 oup highlights one of our favorite recent reads and is led by a rotating
  cast of Reads & Company Booksellers. It meets the first Wednesday of ev
 ery month at 7 pm. For the November 4th meeting\, we will discuss Exit P
 arty by Emily St. John Mandel. The book group is free and all are welcom
 e! Books are available for purchase at Reads & Company with a 20% discou
 nt. About Exit Party: The award-winning\, bestselling author of Station 
 Eleven and Sea of Tranquility returns with a breathtaking novel of doubl
 es\, shadow worlds\, and fractured timelines as a man disappears from a 
 glittering Los Angeles party\, and a woman—a gunrunner\, an art collecto
 r\, an operative of the State—searches for answers. Los Angeles\, 2031: 
 The first spring after the collapse of the United States\, peacekeeping 
 troops withdraw from the city\, the Jacaranda trees blossom\, and the cu
 rfew is finally lifted. Ari Waker and her roommate pass the gauntlet of 
 bomb-sniffing dogs\, the shanty towns\, and the Red Cross tents as they 
 walk across Silverlake to a party. The mood is ecstatic inside the apart
 ment\, people drink and dance\, a woman wears a silver dress\, pleated l
 ike tinfoil. And then: A shift. A bewildered twin\, an uncanny doppelgan
 ger stumbles through the crowd and out into the night\, and Kareem\, the
  party’s host\, vanishes into thin air. As Ari Waker unravels the myster
 y of this inexpli\n\nhttps://findlocal.community/event/98e832c7-2ac9-42d
 5-a29c-2e1b720c8995
LOCATION:Reads & Company\, 234 Bridge St\, Phoenixville\, PA
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/98e832c7-2ac9-42d5-a29c-2e1b720c899
 5
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SEQUENCE:0
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR