BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20250313T230000Z DTEND:20250314T000000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Dystopian Book Club: Afterland DESCRIPTION:Dystopia is an imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or injustice. Usually these imagined states end up ominously reflective of our own society. Afterland by Lauren Beukes: Most of the men are dead. Three years after the pandemic known as The Manfall\, governments still hold and life continues but a world run by women isn't always a better place. Twelve-year-old Miles is one of the last boys alive\, and his mother\, Cole\, will protect him at all costs. On the run after a horrific act of violence-and pursued by Cole's own ruthless sister\, Billie all Cole wants is to raise her kid somewhere he won't be preyed on as a reproductive resource or a sex object or a stand-in son. Someplace like home. To get there\, Cole and Miles must journey across a changed America in disguise as mother and daughter. From a military base in Seattle to a luxury bunker\, from an anarchist commune in Salt Lake City to a roaming cult that's all too ready to see Miles as the answer to their prayers\, the two race to stay ahead at every step . . . even as Billie and her sinister crew draw closer. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Dystopia is an imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or injustice. Usually these imagined states end up ominously reflective of our own society. Afterland by Lauren Beukes: Most of the men are dead. Three years after the pandemic known as The Manfall\, governments still hold and life continues&mdash\;but a world run by women isn'\;t always a better place. Twelve-year-old Miles is one of the last boys alive\, and his mother\, Cole\, will protect him at all costs. On the run after a horrific act of violence-and pursued by Cole'\;s own ruthless sister\, Billie&mdash\;all Cole wants is to raise her kid somewhere he won'\;t be preyed on as a reproductive resource or a sex object or a stand-in son. Someplace like home. To get there\, Cole and Miles must journey across a changed America in disguise as mother and daughter. From a military base in Seattle to a luxury bunker\, from an anarchist commune in Salt Lake City to a roaming cult that'\;s all too ready to see Miles as the answer to their prayers\, the two race to stay ahead at every step . . . even as Billie and her sinister crew draw closer. LOCATION:Clear Lake Public Library 200 N 4th St UID:e.1102.739446 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260514T011116Z URL:https://members.clearlakeiowa.com/events/details/dystopian-book-club-afterland-739446 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR