Welcome to the One Book Yuma!

Join us for discussions with the author of the 2010/ 2011 pick:

Gabriel Thompson

WORKING IN THE SHADOWS

"A year of doing the jobs most Americans won't do."





What is One Book Yuma?
A literacy and humanities program to engage our community in dialog about pertinent, topical and timely issues important to our region and the world beyond.




About the Book

What is it like to do the back-breaking work of immigrants? To find out, Gabriel Thompson spent a year workng alongside Latino immigrants who initially thought he was either crazy or an undercover immigration agent. He stooped over lettuce fields in Arizona, and worked the graveyard shift at a chicken slaughterhouse in rural Alabama. He dodged taxis-not always succesfully-as a bicycle delivery "boy" for an upscale Manhattan restaurant, and was fired from a flower shop by a boss who, he quickly realized, was nuts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Read an interview with Gabriel Thompson gave to the YumaSun HERE!






EVENTS SCHEDULE (All events free to the public)

2011 Discussion Dates

Join us for live discussions with author Gabriel Thompson followed by book signing!

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011,
Time: 2pm-3pm
AWC-NAU Auditorium
2020 S. Avenue 8E, Yuma

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Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
Time: 6:30pm-8pm
Yuma Main Library
2951 S. 21st Drive, Yuma

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Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
Time: 10AM
Snider Auditorium - Yuma High School
400 S. 6th Ave, Yuma


Previous Years Titles
2009 - Nickel and Dimed

2008 - Enrique's Journey

2007 - They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky

2006 - The Devil's Highway

2003 - Bless Me, Ultima



For more information, call Adrianne Wagner at (928)539-6805

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