Tickets Still Available for 'Song Yet Sung' Author Event at Rivier

Oprah may be relegated to reruns, but her enthusiasm for reading and great books lives on in the many Book Clubs that have sprouted up across America.

Nashua Public Library's Nashua Reads/One City, One Book initiative is a way for you to not only discover some wonderful literature, but to dig in to the common threads -- from the characters and history to the universal themes -- that capture our collective imaginations, and keep us coming back for more.

Right now the Nashua Library has expanded its holdings of "Song Yet Sung," by James McBride to circulate in anticipation of its Beyond the Book  "Meet the Author" event set for Oct. 16 at Rivier College. Click here to reserve your copy of the book.

About the Event:

Meet the author of the 2011 Nashua Reads book, Song Yet Sung, at a Wine & Cheese reception at 1 p.m. or attend the lecture at 2 p.m. Tickets for both events are $25 and the reception is limited to the first 50 people. Tickets for the lecture only are $5. Tickets may be purchased in advance at the library or through the Friends of Nashua Library at www.nashuareads.com. 

Toadstool Books will be there to sell copies of McBride's books. After the lecture, you are welcome to stay and get your book signed by the author.

About the Book
A group of slaves, armed with a secret means of communication known as "the Code," escapes in the swamps of Maryland’s Eastern Shore in 1850. Among them is Liz Spocott, who is near death and haunted by disturbing visions of the future. The escape sets off a drama of violence and hope among slave catchers, plantation owners, oystermen, free blacks, and the runaways. "Song Yet Sung illuminates, in the most dramatic fashion, a deeply troubling, vastly complicated moment in American history, and asks us to bear witness to both the oppressed and the oppressor in ourselves."— O, The Oprah Magazine

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