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[Annabelle]

Page & Palette, 32 S. Section St. in Fairhope booksigning--

Author Irene Latham will be at the bookstore on Feb. 21, from 2-4 p.m., to sign copies of “Leaving Gee’s Bend.”

Set in 1932 and inspired by the Alabama town’s rich quilting history, Latham’s debut novel is a delightful, satisfying story of a young girl facing a brave new world.

Ludelphia Bennett may be blind in one eye, but she can still put in a good stitch. Ludelphia sews all the time, especially when things go wrong. But when Mama goes into labor early and gets deathly ill, it seems like even quilting won’t help.

That’s when she decides to do something drastic — leave Gee’s Bend for the very first time. Mama needs medicine that can only be found miles away in Camden.

But that doesn’t stop Ludelphia. She just puts one foot in front of the other. What ensues is a wonderful, riveting and sometimes dangerous adventure. She weathers each challenge in a way that would make her mother proud, and ends up saving the day for her entire town.

Latham is a poet and novelist who writes heart-touching tales of unexpected adventure.

A Birmingham resident for the past 25 years, she has published more than 120 poems of various books, journals and anthologies, including a full-length collection.

For more information, call (251) 928-5295.

http://leavinggeesbend.com/

Author's website:  http://irenelatham.com/

[kayahr]

The Nevada Museum of Art has a partial display of the Gee's Bend quilts until April 11.  I'll go sometime in March when I have the month off.  Reading this book would be a great accompaniment!

I put it on hold at my library.  They list it as juvenile fiction.  Makes me wonder whether I could find an excuse to read it to 5th Graders. 

Kay Ahr in Nevada USA     

[Pat]

I'm going to have Irene on my Radio show this spring (or maybe summer!)...

[Margi is here!]

very very kewl for Irene to be on your show, this is one of the books that is definitely on  my short list to read.

[Annabelle]

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20100829/NEWS/100829605/1005

DON NOBLE: Tale of Gee’s Bend is a compelling read

'“Leaving Gee’s Bend,” by Irene Latham, best known as a Birmingham poet, is the first of these books I have seen with a protagonist who is a girl and an African-American.

This little heroine is ten-year-old Ludelphia Bennett. Like many another narrator, she is much older now and telling this story of a particularly dramatic period in her childhood. The place is Gee’s Bend, Alabama, and the time is November of 1932, the worst year of the Great Depression.'

This review was originally broadcast on Alabama Public Radio. Don Noble is host of the Alabama Public Television literary interview show “Bookmark.” His latest book is “A State of Laughter: Comic Fiction from Alabama.”

[dgallett]

Just finished "this must be the place" by Kate Racculia.

[dgallett]

Just finished a fantastic book.  "Looking for a Love Story".  by Louise Shaffer.  It was excellent.   Waiting for Lucky Charm to start.