Sharon Randall, Birdbaths & Paper Cranes Author Visits

Sharon Randall, Birdbaths & Paper Cranes Author Visits
8-23-11 Author Sharon Randall Visits

Anna Jean Mayhew Visits

Anna Jean Mayhew Visits
7/12/11 - Author Visit! Anna Jean Mayhew author of The Dry Grass of August

The Art of Racing In The Rain

The Art of Racing In The Rain
2/1/11 Handing Out The Art of Racing In The Rain

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Currently Reading (June 14 - July 12) The Dry Grass of August by Anna Jean Mayhew

Charlotte Native & Author Anna Jean Mayhew will be visiting Turning Pages Book Club
on  Tu, 7/12 10 AM to discuss The Dry Grass of August! 
Special Live Author Meeting in The Learning Studio (glass room to the left as you enter)
Main Library, Uptown, 1st Floor
The Dry Grass of August is set in 1954 and 13 year-old Jubie Watts leaves Charlotte with her family for a summer vacation. Crammed into the Packard along with Jubie are her three siblings, her mother, and the family's black maid, Mary Luther. For as long as Jubie can remember, Mary has been there - cooking, cleaning, compensating for her father's rages and her mother's benign neglect, and loving Jubie unconditionally. Bright and curious, Jubie takes note of the anti-integration signs they pass, and of the racial tension that builds as they journey further south. But she could never have predicted the shocking turn their trip will take. Now, in the wake of tragedy, Jubie must confront her parents' failings and limitations, decide where her own convictions lie, and make the tumultuous leap to independence...Infused with the intensity of a changing time, here is a story of hope, heartbreak, and the love and courage that can transform us - from child to adult, from wounded to indomitable.
Learn more about AJ Mayhew at  http://www.ajmm.net/AJMayhew/

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