Thursday, October 13 at 5:30 pm. Join Marty Kaback to discuss Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands by Chris Bohjalian. “Half a year ago, a nuclear plant in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom experienced a cataclysmic meltdown, and both of Emily’s parents were killed. Devastatingly, her father was in charge of the plant, and the meltdown may have been his fault… Thousands of people are forced to flee their homes; rivers and forests are destroyed; and Emily feels certain that as the daughter of the most hated man in America, she is in danger. So Emily takes off on her own for Burlington, where she survives by stealing, sleeping on the floor of a drug dealer’s apartment, and inventing a new identity for herself… A story of loss, adventure, and the search for friendship in the wake of catastrophe,” (Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands, 2014). Copies available at the front desk.