Book Club: The Big Door Prize
- Occurring
- for 1 hour
- Venue
- Zoom
- Address Zoom, Germany
Our book for October is 'The Big Door Prize' by M.O. Walsh.
All are welcome to join in an hour's discussion on Zoom, no matter how much of the book you have read.
What would you do if you knew your life's potential? That's the question facing the residents of Deerfield, Louisiana, when the DNAMIX machine appears in their local grocery store. It's nothing to look at, really--it resembles a plain photo booth. But its promise is amazing: With just a quick swab of your cheek and two dollars, the device claims to use the science of DNA to tell you your life's potential. With enough credibility to make the townspeople curious, soon the former teachers, nurses, and shopkeepers of Deerfield are abruptly changing course to pursue their destinies as magicians, cowboys, and athletes--including the novel's main characters, Douglas Hubbard and his wife, Cherilyn, who both believed they were perfectly happy until they realized they could dream for more...