2009/02/02 - Cowlitz Reads – One Book 2009 Distributes Free Books

Press Release #: 09-11
Date: 2009/02/02
Contact: Karen G. Dennis
Phone: 360.442.5307

Beginning at 10 a.m. on Tuesday morning, February 3, free copies of Molly Gloss’s The Hearts of Horses will be available at the Kelso and Longview Public Libraries.  Supplies are limited.

The Hearts of Horses, Molly’s fourth novel, is the moving tale of a young woman gently breaking horses for several ranchers in northeastern Oregon in the winter of 1917.  In a story not soon forgotten, the book also addresses the themes of war, alcoholism, illness and death, and commitment to the land and a sometimes lonely, often harsh way of life.

Feb. 23 discussions of the book will be held at the Kelso and Longview Public Libraries, and on Feb. 24 at Kalama Public Library.  All discussions will begin at 7 p.m. in the evening.  On Mar. 5, the Cowlitz County Historical Society will be presenting a program about Cowlitz County during WWI which will touch many of the same issues raised in The Hearts of Horses.  Molly Gloss will be appearing at Lower Columbia College on Mar. 9 from 3- 4:30 p.m. for a writing workshop in the Admissions center, Room 143, and at 7 p.m. in the Rose Center Auditorium for a reading.

"Truly one of the best books you'll ever read." —Jane Kirkpatrick

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