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Bestsellers Book Club: Mercury Pictures Presents

In-Person Program
2025-02-25 11:30:00 2025-02-25 13:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Bestsellers Book Club: Mercury Pictures Presents Join us and enjoy a lively book discussion and an art project. All supplies will be provided. For Adults. Stevenson Ranch Library - Meeting Room

Tuesday, February 25
11:30am - 1:00pm

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Join us and enjoy a lively book discussion and an art project. All supplies will be provided. For Adults.

Like many before her, Maria Lagana has come to Hollywood to outrun her past. Born in Rome, where every Sunday her father took her to the cinema instead of church, Maria immigrates with her mother to L.A. after a childhood transgression leads to her father's arrest. 15 years later, on the eve of America's entry into World War II, Maria is an associate producer at Mercury Pictures, trying to keep her personal and professional lives from falling apart. Her mother won't speak to her. Her boss has been summoned to Washington by congressional investigators. Her boyfriend, a virtuoso Chinese-American actor, can't escape the studio's narrow typecasting. And the studio itself, Maria's only home in exile, teeters on the verge of bankruptcy. 

AGE GROUP: | Older Adults | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Lectures & Conversations | Books, Poetry, & Writing | Arts, Crafts, & Hobbies |

TAGS: | Book Club |

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Library service in Stevenson Ranch began in July 2011 with the opening of Stevenson Ranch Express Library. In March, 2015, a new Stevenson Ranch Library opened to provide a full service library to the West Ranch communities. Library service in the Santa Clarita Valley area began in 1916 with the establishment of the original Newhall Library. The Stevenson Ranch Library pays tribute to a century of service with a local history collection and the original editorial cartoons of the Randy Wicks Collection.

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