In town this week - leader of Mountain Rescue team reads from her book
Sunday, August 6, 2017
Seattle Mountain Rescue volunteers are the people who go in to rescue you when you get lost or injured in our mountains. They respond to skiiers, hikers, anyone in trouble in the mountains. Now one of their leaders has written about her experiences and will read from her book on Tuesday at Third Place Books. Town Center, intersection of Ballinger and Bothell Way, Lake Forest Park.
Bree Loewen
Found: A Life in Mountain Rescue (Mountaineers)
Tuesday, August 8 at 7pm
Taking emergency calls around the clock — from assisting lost hikers and injured back country skiers to rescuing stuck climbers and worse, recovering bodies — Loewen ruminates about her experiences as an on-call volunteer and leader of Seattle Mountain Rescue in the Cascades. She does all this while juggling motherhood and family, nursing school, and managing her own risk and safety.
Tuesday, August 8 at 7pm
Taking emergency calls around the clock — from assisting lost hikers and injured back country skiers to rescuing stuck climbers and worse, recovering bodies — Loewen ruminates about her experiences as an on-call volunteer and leader of Seattle Mountain Rescue in the Cascades. She does all this while juggling motherhood and family, nursing school, and managing her own risk and safety.
Terry Jastrow (in conversation with Anne Archer)
The Trial of Prisoner 043 (Knopf)
Wednesday, August 9 at 7pm
On a beautiful autumn morning on the famed golf course in St. Andrews, former U.S. president George W. Bush is abducted by a team of commandos and transported to the International Criminal Court in The Hague to stand trial for war crimes in connection with the Iraq War. Would something happen to disrupt the pursuit of justice? Find out as author and Emmy-winning sports producer / director Terry Jastrow discusses his new novel with his wife, actor and humanitarian Anne Archer.
The Trial of Prisoner 043 (Knopf)
Wednesday, August 9 at 7pm
On a beautiful autumn morning on the famed golf course in St. Andrews, former U.S. president George W. Bush is abducted by a team of commandos and transported to the International Criminal Court in The Hague to stand trial for war crimes in connection with the Iraq War. Would something happen to disrupt the pursuit of justice? Find out as author and Emmy-winning sports producer / director Terry Jastrow discusses his new novel with his wife, actor and humanitarian Anne Archer.
Brian K. Friesen
At the Waterline (Ooligan Press)
Thursday, August 10 at 7pm
One windy night on the Willamette River, a young man with romantic notions of a sailing life crashes his boat into a railroad bridge, nearly killing his wife. Haunted by the incident, he tries to leave the river and its memories behind, only to be drawn back years later. At the Waterline challenges the idealistic norms of Pacific Northwest life with a portrayal of one houseboat community's contentious history and its hard earned acceptance of unfamiliar faces.
At the Waterline (Ooligan Press)
Thursday, August 10 at 7pm
One windy night on the Willamette River, a young man with romantic notions of a sailing life crashes his boat into a railroad bridge, nearly killing his wife. Haunted by the incident, he tries to leave the river and its memories behind, only to be drawn back years later. At the Waterline challenges the idealistic norms of Pacific Northwest life with a portrayal of one houseboat community's contentious history and its hard earned acceptance of unfamiliar faces.
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