2009/02/19 - Cowlitz Reads - One Book 2009 Book Discussions

Press Release #: 09-15
Date: 2009/02/19
Contact: Karen G. Dennis
Phone: 360.442.5307

Monday, Feb. 23, discussions of the book, The Hearts of Horses, 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.  In late January and early February, 335 copies of the book were distributed free in the community.

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.

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.  All programs are free and open to the public. Molly Gloss and her book are being brought to the area through the collaboration of the Northwest Voices program and a One Book – Cowlitz Reads grant that was given to the Kelso and Longview Public Libraries by the Washington State Library with support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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