

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Book Club: Everything We Never Had
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 27 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Join us in the Library's Cooper Room at 6:30pm to discuss a new book and meet new people! Books are available for check out until the meeting date.

"Everything We Never Had" is a novel about four generations of Filipino American boys grappling with identity, masculinity, and their fraught father-son relationships.

Watsonville, 1930. Francisco Maghabol barely ekes out a living in the fields of California. As he spends what little money he earns at dance halls and faces increasing violence from white men in town, Francisco wonders if he should’ve never left the Philippines.

Stockton, 1965. Between school days full of prejudice from white students and teachers and night shifts working at his aunt’s restaurant, Emil refuses to follow in the footsteps of his labor organizer father, Francisco. He’s going to make it in this country no matter what or who he has to leave behind.

Denver, 1983. Chris is determined to prove that his overbearing father, Emil, can’t control him. However, when a missed assignment on “ancestral history” sends Chris off the football team and into the library, he discovers a desire to know more about Filipino history―even if his father dismisses his interest as unamerican and unimportant.

Philadelphia, 2020. Enzo struggles to keep his anxiety in check as a global pandemic breaks out and his abrasive grandfather moves in. While tensions are high between his dad and his lolo, Enzo’s daily walks with Lolo Emil have him wondering if maybe he can help bridge their decades-long rift.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/brookings/book-club-everything-we-never-had/200029859235017
- **Event Categories**: sports, meetups, football
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 6

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Brookings
- **state**: SD
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 515 3rd St, Brookings, SD, United States, South Dakota 57006
- **lat**: 44.30825
- **long**: -96.79606
- **full address**: 515 3rd St, Brookings, SD, United States, South Dakota 57006

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Brookings Public Library (https://allevents.in/org/brookings-public-library/19284210)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Mon, 27 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm (-05:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 515 3rd St, Brookings, SD, United States, South Dakota 57006
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Brookings Public Library
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** sports, meetups, football
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Book Club: Everything We Never Had ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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