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Shorewood Reads 2022 Book Discussion: The Coyotes of Carthage
Monday, April 11
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Shorewood Village Center
Join the conversation as we discuss Steven Wright's The Coyotes of Carthage. There will be plenty to talk about as local author and book coach Rochelle Melander leads the discussion. Enjoy a refreshment (provided) and share your thoughts on our Shorewood Reads 2022 title.
This is the first of two Shorewood Reads 2022 community discussions. Our second community book discussion on Monday, May 2nd at 6:30 PM will follow Steven Wright's visit who will join us for a day of events on Wednesday, April 27th.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Dre Ross has one more shot. Despite being a successful political consultant, his aggressive tactics have put him on thin ice with his boss, Mrs. Fitz, who plucked him from juvenile incarceration and mentored his career. She exiles him to the backwoods of South Carolina with $250,000 of dark money to introduce a ballot initiative on behalf of a mining company. The goal is to manipulate the locals into voting to sell their pristine public land to the highest bidder. Dre arrives in God-fearing, flag-waving Carthage County, with only Mrs. Fitz's well-meaning yet naïve grandson Brendan as his team. Dre, an African-American outsider, can't be the one to collect the signatures needed to get on the ballot. So he hires a blue-collar couple, Tyler Lee and his pious wife, Chalene, to act as the initiative's public face. Under Dre's cynical direction, a land grab is disguised as a righteous fight for faith and liberty. As lines are crossed and lives ruined, Dre's increasingly cutthroat campaign threatens the very soul of Carthage County and perhaps the last remnants of his own humanity.
ABOUT ROCHELLE MELANDER:
Rochelle Melander is a writing coach, ADHD coach, and author of twelve books, including the award-winning Mightier than the Sword: Rebels, Reformers & Revolutionaries Who Changed the World Through Writing. She is the founder of The Dream Keepers, a group of Milwaukee teens who are changing the world through their writing.
This event is part of our Shorewood Reads 2022 programming. Shorewood Reads 2022 is co-sponsored by the Shorewood Public Library with support from the Lange Bequest, the Friends of the Shorewood Public Library, and Boswell Book Company.