DPL Happy Hour Book Group

The Happy Hour Book Group will meet at Pulpit Rock Brewing Co. Wed. June 12 at 5:15 p.m. to discuss Pauls Toutonghi’s “The Refugee Ocean.”

Born in Beirut in 1922, Marguerite Toutoungi dreams of traveling to Europe and studying music at the Conservatoire de Paris but her family—and her society—hold her back. When she meets the son of a Cuban tobacco farmer at a formal dance, love transforms her life. Together with him, she flees across the Pacific Ocean. She’s hoping for a new beginning. Instead, she finds revolution and chaos.

For more information, contact Tricia Crary (Friday Book Group) or Kristin Torresdal (Happy Hour, History, and Speculative Fiction Book Groups) at 563-382-3717