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Edgar: Book Club: “Born a Crime” by Trevor Noah

Tue., February 11, 2025 @ 12:00 pm1:00 pm

book cover of born a crime by trevor noah

Join fellow readers and library staff in February as the group discusses “Born a Crime” by Trevor Noah.

Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Living proof of his parents’ indiscretion, Trevor was kept mostly indoors for the earliest years of his life, bound by the extreme and often absurd measures his mother took to hide him from a government that could, at any moment, steal him away. Finally liberated by the end of South Africa’s tyrannical white rule, Trevor and his mother set forth on a grand adventure, living openly and freely and embracing the opportunities won by a centuries-long struggle.

No registration required, new members always welcome. Call the Edgar Branch at 715-352-3155 for more information.

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Date:
Tue., February 11, 2025
Time:
12:00 pm–1:00 pm
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Organizer

Marathon County Public Library
Phone
715-261-7200
Email
info@mcpl.us
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Venue

Marathon County Public Library—Edgar Branch
224 South 3rd Avenue
Edgar, WI 54426 United States
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Phone
715-352-3155
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