An Evening with Pat Conroy |
Bestselling author Pat Conroy acknowledges the books that have shaped him and celebrates the profound effect reading has had on his life.
Pat Conroy, the beloved American storyteller, is also a voracious reader. He has for years kept a notebook in which he notes words or phrases, just from a love of language. But reading for him is not simply a pleasure to be enjoyed in off-hours or a source of inspiration for his own writing. It would hardly be an exaggeration to claim that reading has saved his life, and if not his life then surely his sanity.
In My Reading Life, Conroy revisits a life of passionate reading. He includes wonderful anecdotes from his school days, moving accounts of how reading pulled him through dark times, and even lists of books that particularly influenced him at various stages of his life, including grammar school, high school, and college. Readers will be enchanted with his ruminations on reading and books, and want to own and share this perfect gift book for the holidays. And, come graduation time, My Reading Life will establish itself as a perennial favorite, as did Dr. Seuss’s Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
Mr. Conroy will host a private reception at 6:30 featuring hors d'ouevres from The Pat Conroy Cookbook. Reception tickets are $150 and include reserved seating for the show, all taxes and a signed first edition.
Tickets for the 7:30PM event are $39 and include all taxes and a signed first edition of the new book. Seating for the show begins at 5:30.
All proceeds benefit Children's Hospital.
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- Street:
- Sheraton Civic Center
- Additional:
- 2101 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd. N
- City:
- Birmingham ,
- Province:
- Alabama
- Postal Code:
- 35203
- Country:
- United States
Rick Bragg in the Movies
Purchase the DVD of Alabama’s Rick Bragg: Out of the Dirt, including much bonus footage not seen in the original documentary.
Listen in on distinguished Alabamaians, local friends and family tell inside tales on Rick as a child and award-winning best-selling author. Rick also gives his life’s philosophy in many scenes. Find out about his mother’s poetry; hear his aunt tell of dressing him as a girl when he was a tot. If ever there was a priceless gift, this is it.
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