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About the One Book ProgramFor thousands of years, humans have used stories to communicate knowledge about the world. Stories providecontexts for our understanding of facts, emotions, discoveries, history, relationships, and all kinds of humaninteraction.

For this reason, the Moraine Valley Library and the Moraine Valley Bookstore invite all members of the Moraine Valleycommunity to come together to discuss a selected story in the One Book, One College program. Join us in discussing aselected story so that we may share knowledge across disciplines, exchange new ideas on useful topics, and enrichour curriculum in new ways.

For more information on our schedule of events, contact us at (708) 974­5709 or swanson@morainevalley.edu.

Past One Book, One College Selections

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (2004)Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night­Time (2005­2006)George Orwell’s 1984 (2006­2007)The Autobiography of Malcolm X as Told to Alex Haley (2007­2008)Elizabeth Royte’s Garbage Land (2008­2009)Studs Terkel’s Working (2009­2010)Rebecca Skloot's The Immoral Life of Henrietta Lacks (2010­2011)

About the Book

Freedom InterruptedOn the morning of Jan. 31, 2009, four Iranian security officials forced their way into journalist Roxana Saberi’sapartment in Tehran. As they ransacked her apartment, they accused her of being an American spy. She wasarrested and taken to the notorious Evin Prison. Saberi was eventually tried and sentenced to an eight­year prisonterm. Her imprisonment led to an international outcry by major media outlets such as the BBC, ABC News, NPR, andthe Wall Street Journal; human rights and journalism organizations; and ordinary individuals around the world.President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton also spoke out for Saberi’s release.

Saberi’s story is a personal account of her time in prison and her internal transformation as she struggles to stay trueto her principles and her commitment to the truth. Along the way, Saberi befriends other women prisoners who teachher timeless, universal lessons about compassion, courage, and facing adversity.

At the same time, as an American woman who grew up in North Dakota with an Iranian father and a Japanese mother,she takes the reader into a multicultural world where ideologies and identities co­mingle.

We invite the greater Palos community to join us in exploring this book and the many themes it represents. Saberiinvites us into a conversation about our connections to our worldwide community and the potential each of us has tohelp empower the voiceless.

About the Palos Reads ProgramWhen Palos Fine Arts was founded some 30 years ago to create a cultural sprit in the community, the concentrationwas to promote vocal and instrumental music, visual arts, dance, design, and drama. Artists in these disciplines werespotlighted with gallery showings, concerts, scholarships for the talented students and women. In 2003, it was at theinstigation of board member Beverly Opelka that activity in the literacy spirit began with the creation of a one­book­many­readers program. "Palos Reads" was begun in October of that year as an addition to Illinois Arts Month and alocal author was featured with a charming book, The Rich Part of Life. In 2004, the three Palos Libraries (Green HillsPublic Library District, Palos Heights Public Library, and Palos Park Public Library) became a natural addition to thepartnership. From this beginning, Palos Reads has soared from Chicago writers Audrey Niffeneger and Robert Kurstonto those afar with a biography of Harper Lee, Nancy Horan's Loving Frank and Susan Vreeland coming from San Diegoto detail Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party to 150 guests at Palos Country Club.

This year, Palos Fine Arts has invited Roxana Saberi, author of Between Two Worlds: My Life and Captivity in Iran, thetale of her attempts to learn about and love her father's homeland. Since Moraine Valley Community College'scurriculum and One Book program fit perfectly with the Palos Fine Arts choice, the college is joining with Palos Reads

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to feature this book.