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SUMMARY:Camberville Affinity Group's Book/Resource Club: Parable of the So
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 ource-club-parable-of-the-sower/\n\nJoin the Camberville Affinity Group's 
 book/resource club for our first meeting\, from 3 pm - 5 pm on Sunday Sept
 ember 7\, where we will discuss Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler. Al
 l are welcome! Be sure to RSVP to get the location.\n\nParable of the Sowe
 r is a 1993 speculative fiction novel by American writer Octavia E. Butler
 . It is set in a post-apocalyptic Earth heavily affected by climate change
  and social inequality. The novel follows Lauren Olamina\, a young woman w
 ho can feel the pain of others and becomes displaced from her home. Severa
 l characters from various walks of life join her on her journey north and 
 learn of a religion she has envisioned and titled Earthseed. The main tene
 ts of Earthseed are that "God is Change" and believers can "shape God" thr
 ough conscious effort to influence the changes around them. Earthseed also
  teaches that it is humanity's destiny to inhabit other planets and spread
  the "seeds" of the Earth.\n\nParable of the Sower was the winner of multi
 ple awards\, including the 1994 New York Times Notable Book of the Year\, 
 and has been adapted into an opera and a graphic novel. Parable of the Sow
 er has influenced music and essays on social justice as well as climate ch
 ange. In 2021\, it was picked by readers of the New York Times as the top 
 science fiction nomination for the best book of the last 125 years.\n\nRAI
 N LOCATION: Life Alive in Union Square
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LOCATION:9 Concord Ave\, Somerville\, 02143 (Community Garden)
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