Book Discussion – One Book One marin

Posted by bonnie on 18 January 2018

Book Discussion for this year’s One Book One Marin selection…

Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right

Thursday, March 22, 6:30 – 7:45 pm
Library Meeting Room

Facilitator: Ethan Annis, librarian at Dominican University of California.

“When I learned that OBOM selected Strangers in Their Own Land I enthusiastically volunteered to lead a discussion of the book because it profoundly reshaped my understanding of America.  In January 2017 I read Strangers In Their Own Land and it awakened me to what Arlie Russell Hochschild calls the “deep story” of many Americans who did not share my own deep story and why Donald Trump was able to resonate so thoroughly with that deep story.”

Our discussion will cover the entire book but due to time constraints will focus mainly on Chapter 9, The Deep Story (p. 135-152) and Chapter 15, Strangers No Longer: The Power of Promise (p. 221-230).

Online Resource Guide: Learn more about Strangers in Their Own Land, view interviews with Arlie Russell Hochschild, read reviews from across the political spectrum, and more! This LibGuide was created by David Patterson, Librarian at College of Marin.