Nezperce Community Library

Nezperce Reading Group/Book Club, Nezperce Friends of the Library, Prairie-River Library District and   

The Reading Group will not be choosing a book to reading in October, instead they will be concerntrating and encouraging others to read books by David Guterson.

Then on November 13 at 7:00 p.m. the partners will present "An Evening with David Guterson" at the new Nezperce Community Library (602 4th Ave. - corner of 4th & Oak) who will discuss his latest book The Other and his other works as well. 

     In Seattle, two young men from very different backgrounds meet at a high school track meet: one working-class, the other a trust fund kid. The friends’ lives take widely divergent paths as they grow into adulthood, and eventually their loyalty to each other is put to the test. Through the choices made by these two men, The Other explores how we all balance meaning and security in our lives.

Please contact the library if you would like to obtain a copy of this book or one of his other books shown above, then join us for the discussion. 

                                             
David Guterson was born in Seattle in 1956. He earned an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Washington, where he developed his ideas about the moral function of literature.

Guterson taught English for twelve years in a high school on Bainbridge Island, and has written for Esquire, Sports Illustrated and Harper’s. His books include a collection of short stories, The Country Ahead of Us, the Country Behind;  Snow Falling on Cedars; East of the Mountains; Our Lady of the Forest; and The Other.

For a comprehensive schedule and additional information about Everybody Reads, visit the Everybody Reads website.

Books Chosen For Reading in 2009:
January:  The Feast of Saint Bertie by Kathleen Popa
Febraury: The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
March:  Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron w/Bret Witter
April:    The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
May:   Loving Frank by Nancy Horan
June:  Any book written by Nevada Barr
July:  The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
August:  The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
September:  Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler