The city of Plymouth will be kicking off their first ever city-wide book read with an event on Monday\, February 1 at the Plymouth Historical Society.
The Plymouth Fine Arts Council has selected Michael Perry's book Population 485 as this year's selection for the event.
Population 485 is a humorous and thoughtful memoir of the author's experience as a volunteer firefighter\, learning more about his home town while meeting his neighbors one siren at a time. The Wisconsin State Journal called it "\;the best book about small-town life ever written."\;
The event on February 1 will feature Plymouth major Kelly Slavic. Attendees will be invited to tour the museum\, sample old-time treats\, and learn more about Plymouth's past.
This is the first of three events surrounding the city-wide book read. The other events are on Saturday\, March 13 and Monday\, April 19. More information about those two programs will be available soon.
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Ms. Elliott will be on hand to read from\, discuss\, and sign copies of her novel Eve.
In this mesmerizing debut novel\, Elliott blends biblical tradition with recorded history to put a powerful new twist on the story of creation's first family. Here is Eve brought to life in a way religion and myth have never allowed -- as a wife\, a mother\, and a woman. With stunning intimacy\, Elliott boldly reimagines Eve's journey before and after the banishment from Eden\, her complex marriage to Adam\, her troubled relationship with her daughters\, and the tragedy that would overcome her sons\, Cain and Abel. From a woman's first awakening to a mother's innermost hopes and fears\, from moments of exquisite tenderness to a climax of shocking violence\, Eve explores the very essence of love\, womanhood\, faith\, and humanity.
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