Woodridge's The Big Read Event Features Novel Zeitoun

The popular community reading event, The Big Read, returns with Dave Eggers’ Zeitoun as the featured book for 2011. A Chicago native, Eggers tells the true story of a Syrian-born businessman who lived in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. He paddled through his town in a canoe offering help to his neighbors, until the day he abruptly disappeared and was imprisoned as a suspected terrorist.

This is the seventh year that area libraries are offering The Big Read, which encourages patrons at the Clarendon Hills, Downers Grove, Hinsdale, Indian Prairie, La Grange, La Grange Park, Lisle, Thomas Ford, Westmont, and Woodridge public libraries to read the same book with the goal of promoting reading, sparking discussion, and building community. 

You can also purchase the book for a discounted price at Anderson’s Bookshops in Downers Grove or Naperville, Barbara’s Bookstore in Burr Ridge, or Frugal Muse in Darien.

Hear more about The Big Read news, programs, and resources when you follow The Big Read on Twitter @bigread2011 or “like” the event on Facebook. The Big Read Web site at www.thebigread.org and the printed Resource Guide also offer complete information about this community event. Pick up a Resource Guide on Tuesday, February 1.