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An Evening with Lynda Rutledge: A Centre County Reads 2025 Event
Join us for the highlight of Centre County Reads 2025: An Evening with Lynda Rutledge! Bestselling author, Rutledge will join Dr. John Marsh, director of Penn State's Centre for American Literary Studies, in a moderated discussion followed by audience questions. Part adventure, part historical saga, and part coming-of-age love story, West with Giraffes explores what it means to be changed by the grace of animals, the kindness of strangers, the passing of time, and a story told before it’s too late.
Readers who enjoyed West With Girafffes should try Lynda's newest book, Mockingbird Summer, in which To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, plays a major role. (To Kill a Mockingbird was the very first Centre County Reads title selection in 2003.)
“[A] larger-than-life story about the power of both animal magnetism and human connection…witty, charming, and heartwarming.” ―Booklist
“A delightful read.” – The New York Times Book Review
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About the Author:
Lynda Rutledge, a fifth-generation Texan, has been a freelance journalist for 25 years, writing feature and travel articles for major newspapers such as the Chicago Tribune and books for well-known organizations such as the San Diego Zoo. But her first love has always been fiction. She holds an MFA in creative writing, a BA, and MA in American literature, and has won numerous awards and residencies for her writing. While writing the history of the San Diego Zoo, she uncovered the remarkable untold story that inspired West with Giraffes in a pile of yellowed 1938 news clippings published as they traveled across the USA. She and her husband and resident dog live outside Austin.
The event descriptions are copies and/or adaptations of respective publisher written book summaries. The event descriptions, book summaries, and views expressed by publishers and presenters are their own and an author's appearance in a program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Schlow Centre Region Library.
This and all library programs are made possible by your donations to Schlow Library Foundation and in cooperation with the Centre County Reads 2025 Committee.
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