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| Author Sarah Stonich |
The Arrowhead Library System and the Friends of Virginia Public
Library are sponsoring a visit by Minnesota Author Sarah Stonich at noon on May
16th in the library auditorium. The author will talk about her new book,
Vacationland, which is set in Northern Minnesota and published by the
University of Minnesota Press.
At the heart of the book is Naledi Lodge,
inspired by those rustic Mom & Pop resorts now disappearing along with their
big fish, bad mattresses, wood docks, flashlight trots to the outhouse,
bear-fear, and bonfires. Up north vacations might not always live up to the
brochures' versions of canoe paddling under pine-scented skies; in the fine print
of rusted beer cans on the trail or a barbed hook through a thumb lies a more
realistic picture of Vacationland.
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| Vacationland Cover |
Sarah's first novel, These Granite Islands, was translated
into eight languages, won numerous awards, and was Barnes & Noble Discover New
Writers pick. The author, originally from Duluth, now makes her home in
Minneapolis with her husband Jon and spends summers on a small lake in northern
St. Louis County.
This event is sponsored by the Arrowhead Library System and the
Friends of Virginia Public Library. It is funded by money from Minnesota’s Arts
and Cultural Heritage Fund. The author will be available for book signing
after the presentation. Books are available for purchase at the main desk of the library.
Cookies and coffee will be provided by the Friends of
the Virginia Public Library. For more information, check the event calendar at www.virginia.lib.mn.us or call
748-7525.
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