Join the Minnesota: A Literary Powerhouse Book Club at Water Works at Mill Ruins Park every other Monday from 6:30-7:30pm.
Our next meeting will be Monday September 23rd to discuss the first part of the book "The Master Butcher Singing Club" by Louise Erdrich. What happens when a trained killer discovers, in the aftermath of war, that his true vocation is love? Having survived the killing fields of World War I, Fidelis Waldvogel returns home to his quiet German village and marries the pregnant widow of his best friend, killed in action.
With a suitcase full of sausages and a master butcher's precious set of knives, Fidelis sets out for America, getting as far as Argus, North Dakota, where he settles, building a business and a home for his family, which now includes Eva and four sons, and a singing club consisting of the best voices in town.
What happens when the Old World meets the New, in the person of Delphine Watzka, becomes one of the great adventures of Fidelis's life. Delphin...
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