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Sunriver Books & Music

Sep

5

2019

Author Jane Kirkpatrick and Chica the dog (in pioneer dress)

A Dog-gone Good Time at Sunriver Books with Jane Kirkpatrick

From Jane Kirkpatrick’s social media: Me and Chica (in pioneer dress) and her owner Lynda Paznokas at Sunriver Books and Music signing books last night. Chica is in my latest book and she had her own little paw print stamp. So cool! The author was at Sunriver for her latest novel, One More River to …

Aug

9

2017

Fierce Kingdom

Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips

Joan and her four-year-old son, Lincoln, are just about to conclude a day at the zoo when Joan notices an unnatural stillness and a lack of other people. She hears sounds, loud popping noises, and cannot quite determine what they might be. Then she notices the bodies. How quickly life shifts from a dream to …

Mar

20

2013

Live By Night by Dennis Lehane

“History doesn’t just come alive on the page, it gets up and dances the tango. Dangerous dames, hot Latin rhythm, and cold hard lead keep the pages flying by in Lehane’s story set in the day of prohibition, when gangsters ruled the night, rum runners flew down the road and dangerous dames could be the …

Apr

21

2012

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Where Lilacs Still Bloom by Jane Kirkpatrick

“Jane Kirkpatrick excels at telling the stories of strong women who make a contribution to history and who otherwise might be forgotten. Where Lilacs Still Bloom is the story of one such woman, a passionate gardener who created a slew of gorgeous, fragrant new lilac cultivars at a time women were not expected to have interests …

Mar

31

2012

Truth Like the Sun by Jim Lynch

“The 1962 World’s Fair put the spotlight on Seattle, a city so overwhelmed by staggering natural beauty it dazzles no matter which direction you look. Roger is in love with this glorious city, and the World’s Fair is his creation. He hangs out with Elvis, greets Prince Phillip, and chats up LBJ. Roger is an …

Mar

14

2012

1

remark

Carry the One by Carol Anshaw

“Carmen and Matt’s wedding was festive, full of dancing, drinking and celebrating the joining of two lives. But their wedding night would be remembered as the night a car full of their relatives and close friends headed out into the dark and accidentally killed a young girl on a lonely stretch of road. The occupants …

Feb

24

2012

A Good American by Alex George

“A great swath of American history is let loose in this beguiling tome. And it all starts in a garden in Germany where Fredrick lurks behind a hedge preparing to serenade his ladylove, Jette. It’s not a union smiled upon by Jette’s social-climbing mother. She forbids them contact so, of course, they go underground and …

Oct

11

2011

Barcelona Calling by Jane Kirkpatrick

“Annie is on her fourth novel, and sales of the last two have not been hot. Annie’s friends devise plans to help her come to the attention of Oprah. Worried that her career will be over if her latest book doesn’t find an audience, Annie throws herself into all the zany ideas. Along the way …

Sep

8

2011

To The Woods by Evelyn Hess

“Evelyn and her husband, David, had good careers, hers with the University of Oregon, his as an architect. The expectation was that they would work until retirement, but the couple stepped off that path and moved to a tiny trailer on twenty-one acres in the Coast Range. Living off the grid, without running water or …

Aug

19

2011

The Summer of the Bear by Bella Pollen

“Endearingly quirky, sad, funny, and quite wonderful, this is the story of a family who mourn the death of their father and husband. Dad was a career diplomat posted to Bonn, but the British government needs the diplomat’s house for the new chap so the family will have to move. And move they do, all …

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