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SUMMARY:Yak, Snack & Read
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DTSTAMP:20260404T094800Z
DTSTART:20260615T230000Z
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LOCATION:999 Old Country Rd.\nPlainview NY 11803
ROOM: Combined Room C & D
DESCRIPTION:The Great Believers by Rebecca MakkaiIn 1985, Yale Tishman, th
 e development director for an art gallery in Chicago, is about to pull off
  an amazing coup, bringing in an extraordinary collection of 1920s paintin
 gs as a gift to the gallery. Yet as his career begins to flourish, the car
 nage of the AIDS epidemic grows around him. One by one, his friends are dy
 ing and after his friend Nico's funeral, the virus circles closer and
  closer to Yale himself. Soon the only person he has left is Fiona, Nico&#
 039;s little sister.Thirty years later, Fiona is in Paris tracking down he
 r estranged daughter who disappeared into a cult. While staying with an ol
 d friend, a famous photographer who documented the Chicago crisis, she fin
 ds herself finally grappling with the devastating ways AIDS affected her l
 ife and her relationship with her daughter. The two intertwining stories t
 ake us through the heartbreak of the eighties and the chaos of the modern 
 world, as both Yale and Fiona struggle to find goodness in the midst of di
 saster.The Great Believers has become a critically acclaimed, indelible pi
 ece of literature; it was selected as one of New York Times Best 10 Books 
 of the Year, a Washington Post Notable Book, a Buzzfeed Book of the Year, 
 a Skimm Reads pick, and a pick for the New York Public Library's Best
  Books of the year. Books are available for pickup in early May
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