To: All the Faithful

From: Canon for Communications

Re: Summer Reading Author Events

Date: June 3, 2025

The Asylum Seekers

BY THE REV. CRISTINA RATHBONE

JULY 15 @ 6 PM

Join author, Cristina Rathbone, for a discussion of her most recent book. The Asylum Seekers offers a rare narrative account of the horror of the US-Mexico border. Borders run through author Cristina Rathbone too, whose mother was a Cuban refugee. So in 2019 she travels to Juarez, unsure what to do but determined to learn.

The conversation will be hosted by the Rev. Tim Crellin.

The Land of the Living

BY THE REV. TIMOTHY CRELLIN

AUGUST 19 @ 6 PM

Join author, Tim Crellin, for a discussion of his first novel.

The Land of the Living is a historical novel that explores the themes of immigration and assimilation, war and its impact on families, the role of race and class in forging identity, and what it means to find home.

The conversation will be hosted by the Rev. Dr. Nina Pooley.

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