{"id":11172,"date":"2026-01-21T12:58:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T16:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/?p=11172"},"modified":"2026-01-21T15:00:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T19:00:31","slug":"dystopian-novel-is-february-choice-for-book-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/?p=11172","title":{"rendered":"Dystopian Novel is February Choice for Book Club"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The theme of authoritarianism and the struggle to keep one&#8217;s humanity in a tough world are two of the themes in the February WTB Book Club selection, &#8220;<em>Prophet Song&#8221;<\/em> by Paul Lynch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"652\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/wtb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/prophetsong.jpg\" alt=\"book cover \" class=\"wp-image-11174\" style=\"width:118px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wtb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/prophetsong.jpg 652w, https:\/\/wtb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/prophetsong-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/wtb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/prophetsong-98x150.jpg 98w, https:\/\/wtb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/prophetsong-560x859.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The book focuses on a family in Ireland who struggles after the father is taken by the secret police.  It won the Booker Prize in 2023. Its unusual format is a stream-of-consciousness style with long sentences and no quotations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WTB women will discuss it <strong>Monday, February 9 at 7 p.m<\/strong>. on Zoom. The group welcomes new women to discuss it. Contact babova&lt;at&gt;aol.com for the link to the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to get a headstart on the March discussion,  it will be by a Syracuse local author Marilyn Higgins, <em>&#8220;Dreams of Freedom.&#8221; <\/em>That Book Club is set for March 9<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>(note: to protect this email from web skimmers who scoop up emails and sell, replace &lt;at> in emails with the symbol). <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The theme of authoritarianism and the struggle to keep one&#8217;s humanity in a tough world are two of the themes &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wtb.org\/?p=11172\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[52],"class_list":["post-11172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-programs","tag-bookclub",""],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11172"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11198,"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11172\/revisions\/11198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}