July 2026 HLAA-TC Book Club

July 2026: Tuesday, July 28, 2026 5pm Western/7pm Central/ 8pm Eastern on Zoom: “When the Cranes Fly South” By Lisa Ridzén. (BARD: DB 132157).

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Note: This book is not about hearing loss or deafness (like our usual selections) but offers a moving exploration of aging and caretaking.

Synopsis: “Bo lives a quiet existence in his small rural village in the north of Sweden. He is elderly and his days are punctuated by visits from his care team and his son. Fortunately, he still has his rich memories, phone calls with his best friend Ture, and his beloved dog Sixten for company. Only now his son is insisting the dog must be taken away. The very same son that Bo is wanting to mend his relationship with before his time is up. The threat of losing Sixten stirs up a whirlwind of emotions and makes Bo determined to resist and find his voice. When the Cranes Fly South is a profoundly moving and life-affirming novel about one man’s desire to preserve his autonomy, the multitude of stories contained within a life, and the big things for which we have no words.”

About HLAA-TC Book Club: All book clubs are open to all and are captioned (we use the Zoom AI/computer captions for book clubs). Book club meets every fourth Tuesday (unless announced otherwise). We often read books about hearing loss, disability or deafness (or featuring a character with those characteristics). We typically alternate reading nonfiction and fiction books every month. To find out more about book club, visit: https://www.hlaatc.org/book-club/