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Registration opens:
March 01st, 2025

LitLounge

Pelican Girls
2025-03-12 19:30:00 2025-03-12 21:00:00 America/Chicago LitLounge This month we'll be discussing Julia Malye's richly detailed historical fiction debut, inspired by real events. Skokie Public Library - Cosmos Room

Wednesday, March 12
7:30pm - 9:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-03-12 19:30:00 2025-03-12 21:00:00 America/Chicago LitLounge This month we'll be discussing Julia Malye's richly detailed historical fiction debut, inspired by real events. Skokie Public Library - Cosmos Room

Skokie Public Library

Cosmos Room

This month we'll be discussing Julia Malye's richly detailed historical fiction debut, inspired by real events.

Pelican Girls follows the journey of the Baleine Brides, a ship full of young women plucked from a Paris asylum and sent to marry settlers in North America's rough Louisiana Territory.

This discussion is in partnership with Morton Grove Public Library.

Find Pelican Girls in the library catalog.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Discussion |

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