{"id":686,"date":"2019-11-27T14:01:25","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T20:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chapters.theprimetimersww.com\/minneapolisstpaul\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;eventDate=2021-03-20#038;p=395"},"modified":"2021-02-28T20:25:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T02:25:27","slug":"115-pm-saturday-book-club-2021-03-20","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/chapters.theprimetimersww.com\/minneapolisstpaul\/event\/115-pm-saturday-book-club-2021-03-20\/","title":{"rendered":"1:15 PM &#8211; Saturday &#8211; Book Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What:<\/strong>\u00a0The Storm<br \/>\n<strong>By:\u00a0<\/strong>Christopher Zyda<br \/>\n<strong>Host:<\/strong> Rick<br \/>\n<strong>Where:<\/strong> Quatrefoil Library<br \/>\n<strong>When:<\/strong> March 20th at 1:15 PM<\/p>\n<p>Contact Rick for details or to subscribe to book club notices <a href=\"mailto:info@primetimersmsp.com\">by email here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Christopher Zyda\u00a0confronts the long-buried\u00a0and painful memories of his<br \/>\nharrowing fifteen-year\u00a0journey in The Storm: One\u00a0Voice from the AIDS\u00a0Generation, a heart-wrenching love story and\u00a0coming-of-age tale during<br \/>\nthe early years of the AIDS\u00a0crisis in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>It all begins in early 1984,\u00a0when Chris, a twenty-one\u00a0year old UCLA English\u00a0Literature major, risks\u00a0ostracism when he comes\u00a0out of the closet to his\u00a0fraternity brothers just as the AIDS pandemic is\u00a0beginning to explode in gay communities across the\u00a0United States. 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