Regional read to feature Pulitzer Prize-winning author
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Courtesy photo Anthony Doerr will be in Wenatchee in April to talk about his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “All the Light We Cannot See.” The book was chosen for the 2018 NCRL reads program.
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WENATCHEE — The winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for fiction will be speaking in Wenatchee in April as part of the North Central Regional Library’s regional reading program. The presentation by Anthony Doerr, the author of “All the Light We Cannot See,” is free, but reservations are required.
Reservations can be made after March 15. “All the Light We Cannot See” is the book chosen for the 2018 NCRL Reads program. The novel is “one of the most requested titles for book clubs in north central Washington and was the most checked-out book from NCRL’s branches for two years,” wrote Michelle McNeil, NCRL public information specialist.
The NCRL Reads program is in its fourth year. It’s open to patrons of all NCRL libraries; the system includes all libraries in Grant County.
Participants read the same book and discuss it with other readers and book clubs. For 2018 the library has started a Facebook Book Club, which hosts online discussions, posts questions and information about the book.
“All the Light We Cannot See” was published in 2015, and tells the tale of a French girl (she’s 12 when France is conquered in 1940) caught up in the chaos of World War II. She meets a young German soldier, who’s doing work he doesn’t like. There’s also the search for a mysterious jewel, and the German officer tasked to find it.
Doerr is a native of Ohio who lives in Boise. “All the Light We Cannot See” is his second and latest novel.
Doerr will discuss the book in a program April 20 at the Numerica Performing Arts Center in Wenatchee. The discussion will be livestreamed to libraries throughout the NCRL system, including Moses Lake, Ephrata and Royal City. The Royal City library will sponsor a group discussion before the lecture.
Cheryl Schweizer can be reached via email at [email protected].
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