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VB READS . . . AFTERNOON BOOK CHAT . . . OPEN TO ALL! JOIN THE "CHATTER"!

08/12/2009 1:00 pm
Location: 
Street:
Village Books
Additional:
1200 Eleventh Street
City:
Bellingham
,
Province:
Washington
Postal Code:
98225
Country:
United States

Join the "chatter!"  Bring your tea or latte, and come discuss contemporary lit. with Sittrea and the Afternoon Book Chat on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 1pm.

(Authors do not usually attend VB Reads)

August selection is The Rope Walk, by Carrie Brown.

Two children begin a daily routine of reading aloud to an AIDS-stricken artist, who is losing his eyesight. The journals of Lewis and Clark prompt them to build a “rope walk” through the woods for Kenneth, and in the process they learn hard truths about the way adults see the world.

The Rope Walk (Paperback)

$13.95
ISBN-13: 9780307278098
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Anchor, 5/2008
In "The Rope Walk,"" "Carrie Brown crafts a luminous story of a young girl's coming of age during a crucial summer in New England.
On her tenth birthday Alice meets two visitors to her quiet town: Theo, the African American grandson of her father's best friend, and Kenneth, an artist who has come home to convalesce. Theo forms an instant bond with Alice that will indelibly change them both. The pair in turn befriend Kenneth, and decide to build a "rope walk" through the woods for him, allowing to make his way through the outdoor world he has always loved. But their good intentions lead to surprising consequences, and Alice soon learns how different the world of children and adults really are.