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Saturday, July 9, 2011

Couple Exchanges Cultures in Peru, Recounts Journey

As part of Kirkwood Public Library's adult summer reading program's “Novel Destinations” series, Mike Deuschle talked about his first time outside of the United States in Peru.

Mike Deuschle made the audience gasp when he showed a picture of his girlfriend, Silvana Guzman, eating what looked like a slimy grub, or "Suri," a worm that grows in certain trees of the Peruvian Amazon. "It wasn't that bad," Deuschle said as he answered questions from the audience that came to see his and his girlfriend's presentation on Peru, last week at the Kirkwood Public Library. The presentation, "Perú, Land of the Incas," was part of the library's “Novel Destination Series,” a project complementing the library’s adult summer reading program. After receiving a grant from the Edward Chase Garvey Memorial Foundation, the library started their summer reading program for adults as well as children. The topic this year in all the …

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