Celebrating the Written Word: Linda Sue Park
Hammond Regional Arts Center 217 East Thomas Street, Hammond, Louisiana 70404
Hammond Regional Arts Center chooses one book a year and encourages the community to join in on a riveting read-through. This year's selection, A Long Walk to Water, is bolstered with a visit from the author herself, Linda Sue Park. The book, a New York Times bestseller, alternates between two tales of Sudanese 11-year-olds—Nya, in 2008, and Salva, in 1985—and the astonishing ways in which their lives intersect.
Park will give a presentation on her novel followed by a complimentary brunch at the Hammond Regional Arts Center. 10 am–2 pm. hammondarts.org.