One Book, One Ptbo
One Book, One Ptbo aims to build community through the shared experience of reading the same book and participating in programs and events inspired by the our 2024 One Book, One Ptbo selection, The Story of Us by Catherine Hernandez.
Copies of the book are available near the front of the library or you can place a hold for quick pick up.
About the author, Catherine Hernandez
Catherine Hernandez (she/her) is an award-winning author and screenwriter. She is a proud queer woman who is of Filipino, Spanish, Chinese and Indian descent and married into the Navajo Nation. Her first novel, Scarborough, won the Jim Wong-Chu Award for the unpublished manuscript and was a finalist for several awards including Canada Reads 2022. She wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of Scarborough, which was nominated for 11 Canadian Screen Awards and won 8 including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. Her second novel, Crosshairs, was shortlisted for the Toronto Book Award and made several Best-Of lists of 2020. Her third novel, The Story of Us, was an instant national bestseller. She is currently working on a few television projects. Her fourth novel, Behind You, about a young girl growing up in Scarborough when a serial killer was at large, was just published on May 7 by HarperCollins Canada.
The Story of Us by Catherine Hernandez
Like many Overseas Filipino Workers, Mary Grace Concepcion has lived a life of sacrifices. First, she left her husband, Ale, to be a caregiver in Hong Kong. Now, she has travelled even farther, to Canada, in the hopes of one day sponsoring Ale and having children of their own.
Beautifully narrated by the all-seeing eye of Mary Grace's newborn baby, The Story of Us is a novel about sisterhood, about blood and chosen family, and about how belonging can be found where we least expect it.
One Book, One Ptbo Events:
One Book, One Ptbo Book Club - PRIDE Week Session, Wednesday, September 25Aging with PRIDE - Thursday, September 26
Preserving Your Heirlooms (Peterborough Museum & Archives) - Thursday, October 3
One Book, One Ptbo Book Club - General Session, Saturday, October 5
Let's Talk about Dementia - Tuesday, October 15
Cookbook Club - Thursday, October 24
Grand Finale: Meet Author Catherine Hernandez - Monday, November 4
Community Conversation: Exploring Canada's Temporary Foreign Workers Program - Tuesday, November 19
Partial funding for this project is made possible by a grant from the Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough and the Friends of the Library.