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Author Reception with Leif Enger!
Join us upstairs in Evolve Chocolate + Cafe for an intimate reception with Leif Enger! Each ticket includes a hardcover first edition copy of Enger's new book, Virgil Wander, one beverage and tasty hors d'oeuvres. (Additional beverages and food available for purchase.) Enjoy good conversation and have your book personalized! Get tickets now because space is limited for this special event featuring the bestselling author of Peace Like a River.
Space is limited and tickets are non-refundable.
Deadline to purchase is end of day on Tuesday, October 16, 2018.
Midwestern movie house owner Virgil Wander is cruising along at medium altitude when his car flies off the road into icy Lake Superior. Virgil survives but his language and memory are altered and he emerges into a world no longer familiar to him. Awakening in this new life, Virgil begins to piece together his personal history and the lore of his broken town, with the help of a cast of affable and curious localsfrom Rune, a twinkling, pipe-smoking, kite-flying stranger investigating the mystery of his disappeared son; to Nadine, the reserved, enchanting wife of the vanished man, to Tom, a journalist and Virgils oldest friend; and various members of the Pea family who must confront tragedies of their own. Into this community returns a shimmering prodigal son who may hold the key to reviving their town. With intelligent humor and captivating whimsy, Leif Enger conjures a remarkable portrait of a region and its residents, who, for reasons of choice or circumstance, never made it out of their defunct industrial district. Carried aloft by quotidian pleasures including movies, fishing, necking in parked cars, playing baseball and falling in love, Virgil Wander is a swift, full journey into the heart and heartache of an often overlooked American Upper Midwest by a master storyteller.
Leif Enger was raised in Osakis, Minnesota, and worked as a reporter and producer for Minnesota Public Radio before writing his bestselling debut novel Peace Like a River, which won the Independent Publisher Book Award and was one of Los Angeles Times and Time Magazines Best Books of the Year. His second novel, So Brave, Young, and Handsome, was also a national bestseller. He and his wife Robin live in Minnesota.
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LocationEvolve Chocolate + Cafe on the mezzanine level of Village Books & Paper Dreams (View)
1200 11th St
Bellingham, WA 98225-7015
United States
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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