Hofu-Mifa Book Club on Zoom

All readers are welcome to join us as we read and discuss books with an emphasis on Japanese culture/history with our friends in Hofu, Japan and members of MIFA.  Discussions will be on the second Thursday of the month at 7:30 pm Monroe local time and 8:30 am Friday Hofu local time.  This month we will be discussing Hillbilly Eleby by JD Vance. The meeting will be held on Zoom.  Please email david.ross@monroe.lib.mi.us for the meeting password.

MIFA - Monroe International Friendship Association 

Summary: Shares the story of the author's family and upbringing, describing how they moved from poverty to an upwardly mobile clan that included the author, a Yale Law School graduate, while navigating the demands of middle class life and the collective demons of the past.