BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20260422T213000Z DTEND:20260422T223000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Mystic Book Club: Small Great Things DESCRIPTION:Interested in reading books based in CT\, or written by authors who have lived in the Nutmeg State? Our Mystic Book Club could be the activity for you! Our April book is "Small Great Things" by Jodi Picoult. This book is by a CT author.\n\n\n\nFrom the jacket: "Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than twenty years' experience. During her shift\, Ruth begins a routine checkup on a newborn\, only to be told a few minutes later that she's been reassigned to another patient. The parents are white supremacists and don't want Ruth\, who is Black\, to touch their child. The hospital complies with their request\, but the next day\, the baby goes into cardiac distress while Ruth is alone in the nursery. Does she obey orders or does she intervene?\n\n\n\nRuth hesitates before performing CPR and\, as a result\, is charged with a serious crime. Kennedy McQuarrie\, a white public defender\, takes her case but gives unexpected advice: Kennedy insists that mentioning race in the courtroom is not a winning strategy. Conflicted by Kennedy's counsel\, Ruth tries to keep life as normal as possible for her family especially her teenage son as the case becomes a media sensation. As the trial moves forward\, Ruth and Kennedy must gain each other's trust\, and come to see that what they've been taught their whole lives about others and themselves might be wrong."\n\n\n\nPlease register online\, and then stop into the Mystic Branch to pick up a free copy of the book. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Interested in reading books based in CT\, or written by authors who have lived in the Nutmeg State? Our Mystic Book Club could be the activity for you! Our April book is "\;Small Great Things"\; by Jodi Picoult. This book is by a CT author.
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\nFrom the jacket: "\;Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than twenty years&rsquo\; experience. During her shift\, Ruth begins a routine checkup on a newborn\, only to be told a few minutes later that she&rsquo\;s been reassigned to another patient. The parents are white supremacists and don&rsquo\;t want Ruth\, who is Black\, to touch their child. The hospital complies with their request\, but the next day\, the baby goes into cardiac distress while Ruth is alone in the nursery. Does she obey orders or does she intervene?
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\nRuth hesitates before performing CPR and\, as a result\, is charged with a serious crime. Kennedy McQuarrie\, a white public defender\, takes her case but gives unexpected advice: Kennedy insists that mentioning race in the courtroom is not a winning strategy. Conflicted by Kennedy&rsquo\;s counsel\, Ruth tries to keep life as normal as possible for her family&mdash\;especially her teenage son&mdash\;as the case becomes a media sensation. As the trial moves forward\, Ruth and Kennedy must gain each other&rsquo\;s trust\, and come to see that what they&rsquo\;ve been taught their whole lives about others&mdash\;and themselves&mdash\;might be wrong."\;
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\nPlease register online\, and then stop into the Mystic Branch to pick up a free copy of the book. LOCATION:Chelsea Groton Bank's Mystic Branch 2 Water Street\, Mystic\, CT UID:e.726.49151 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260407T231835Z URL:http://public.oceanchamber.org/events/details/mystic-book-club-small-great-things-49151 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR