During the Great Depression, with fascism on the rise in Europe, the global economy in tatters, and the lives of many spiraling into turmoil and despair, a rags-to-riches story was something Americans needed even more than usual.

Laura Hillenbrand tells the story of three troubled men and the undersized racehorse who brought them together and briefly took the nation’s mind off of other things.

Read the book and then come talk about it. (Or just watch the movie and come anyway...we don't judge).

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