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Author Jim Lynch to visit Pageturners book groups at Multnomah County libraries

September 15, 2006

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PORTLAND, OR – Author Jim Lynch will visit seven Multnomah County libraries this fall. Lynch will discuss his debut novel, The Highest Tide, at these seven libraries:

Sellwood-Moreland Library

Belmont Library

Gregory Heights Library

Fairview-Columbia Library

Midland Library

St. Johns Library

Hillsdale Library

For more information about Lynch's appearances, visit www.multcolib.org/events/lynch.html.

A generous grant from Friends of the Multnomah County Library has allowed Multnomah County Library to continue its popular book groups for adults. Pageturners meet on a monthly basis in 16 neighborhood libraries, and each library provides participants with copies of the featured books. Titles scheduled for discussion this year include Delta Wedding by Eudora Welty, The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History by John M. Barry, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach, and The Tortilla Curtain by T. Coraghessan Boyle.

Winner of the 2006 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Award, The Highest Tide tells the coming-of-age story of 13-year-old Miles O'Malley, who goes out on a routine hunt for starfish, snails and clams one summer and instead finds a giant squid — and becomes a local sensation. Lynch is a resident of Olympia, Washington.

In February 2007, all of the Pageturners book groups will participate in Everybody Reads, Multnomah County Library's annual community-wide book discussion. The selection is Midnight at the Dragon Café by Judy Fong Bates. For more information about related programs and events, visit www.multcolib.org/reads.

A complete list of book discussion dates, locations, and titles can be found at www.multcolib.org/books/groups.