Big News! Downtown Restroom Renovation

1st floor restrooms (on the main floor) of our Downtown Library will be unavailable for a few months due to major renovations.

Ground Floor restrooms (off the accessible entrance and Children's Room) and 2nd floor public restrooms will be available during all library hours. 

Microfilm services will be temporarily unavailable as we relocate these machines from their former location. For questions, please contact Adult Services staff. 

Seniors Read Banned Books -- "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter," by Erika L. Sanchez

Program Type:

Book Club

Age Group:

Adult
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This month's banned book selection is "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter," by Erika L. Sanchez.

It is easy to lose yourself in this heart warmingly poignant contemporary novel about “losing a sister and finding yourself.” When her sister Olga dies in a tragic accident, Julia is left to pick up the pieces of her family. She is also expected to fill the shoes of her sister. But Julia has never been the perfect Mexican daughter.

As Julia struggles to find her place in the world, she discovers Olga was not as perfect as everyone thought. Who was her sister really? And how can Julia even attempt to live up to an impossible ideal?

And…you may well recognize some of the background settings for this Chicago story.