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Start: 6:30 pm
Co-presented with the CENTRAL DISTRICT FORUM FOR ARTS & IDEAS and THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY. Dolen Perkins-Valdez' historically-set debut novel, Wench (Harper Amistad) is one of those books we've most wanted to share with readers this season. The chronicle of four slave women who are also their masters' mistresses, Wench is set in a popular Ohio resort where slaveholders (and mistresses) gather during the summer. Witness to the growing abolition movement with this Free State, these women must each decide whether to run or stay. Dolen Perkins-Valdez, who is bicoastally based in both Seattle and the Washington known as D.C., based this novel on research into the period and the actual Xenia, Ohio resort where this story is set. "Heart-wrenching, intriguing, original, and suspenseful, this novel showcases Perkins-Valdez' ability to bring the unfortunate past to life." - Publishers Weekly. Free admission. The Douglass-Truth Branch of the Seattle Public Library is at 2300 East Yesler. For more information on this evening, please call Elliott Bay at (206) 624-6600, or see www.cdforum.org.
Start: 7:00 pm
We are thrilled to be hosting this much-anticipated visit by award-winning, internationally-renowned author, musician, songwriter, and economist Jo Nesbø. He is traveling the U.S. from his Oslo home for the newest of his noir novels featuring detective Harry Hole to be published in the U.S., The Devil's Star (Harper, translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett). "Nesbø brilliantly incorporates threads from earlier novels, including Hole's often tumultuous relationship with his lover, Rakel, without ever losing the current story's rhythm. Even with—or perhaps because of—his flaws, Hole is arguably one of today's most fascinating detectives." - Publishers Weekly. The Devil's Star follows The Redbreast and Nemesis, and yes, more are to come. Also due to be on hand is Jo Nesbø's children's book debut, Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder (Simon & Schuster), a novel of fun, charm, and mischief intended for intermediate (ages 8 - 12) readers. Free admission. Leif Erikson Hall is in Ballard at 2245 NW 57th Street. For more information, call Elliott Bay at (206) 624-6600. A special note: Follow us @ElliottBayBooks on Twitter to find out how to win a free book at Jo Nesbø's reading. You must be present at the reading to win. Not tweeting? A free book will also be given away at the reading by way of an old-fashioned, free raffle ticket drawing. Please join us for this special night.
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