What Is Seattle Reading?
For 2009, the Washington Center for the Book was delighted to feature:
My Jim, a novel by Seattle author Nancy Rawles (Three Rivers Press, 2005).
Nancy Rawles spent May 20-23 with The Seattle Public Library for the 2009 Seattle Reads series.
Schedule of events with Nancy Rawles.
Seattle book groups may schedule My Jim any time by sending e-mail to: bookgroups@spl.org or calling the Library's book group message line: 206-615-1747.
Nancy Rawles's powerful, moving novel is a harrowing account of slavery and a testament to the power of love and longing for freedom, survival of families and tradition. In "My Jim," the author re-imagines Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" from the slave's perspective. The story follows Jim's family as they struggle to cope with his loss after his escape down the Mississippi.
To learn more about Seattle Reads:
