# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Dear Jacob: An Author Visit with Patty Wetterling and Joy Baker
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 13 May, 2026 at 06:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Join the Detroit Lakes Public Library for a deeply moving program as we welcome Patty Wetterling and co-author Joy Baker to discuss their memoir, Dear Jacob: A Mother's Journey of Hope.

The disappearance of Jacob Wetterling was a story that haunted Minnesota and transformed the nation. In this special author visit, Patty Wetterling shares the intimate, behind-the-scenes account of those decades - not just as a search for a missing son, but as a testament to a mother’s unwavering love and a community’s resilience. Together with Joy Baker, the blogger whose independent research helped lead to the breakthrough in the case, they will discuss the bond they formed and the power of never giving up.

Books will be available for purchase at the event from Bluebird Books with a book signing following the presentation.

Admission is free, thanks in part to funding from the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Legacy Fund.

https://larl.org/dear-jacob-an-author-visit-with-patty-wetterling-and-joy-baker/
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/detroit-lakes/dear-jacob-an-author-visit-with-patty-wetterling-and-joy-baker/200030007173430
- **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Detroit Lakes
- **state**: MN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Detroit Lakes Public Library
- **lat**: 46.815671062875
- **long**: -95.846237131375
- **full address**: Detroit Lakes Public Library, 155 Frazee St W, Detroit Lakes, MN 56501, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Dear Jacob: An Author Visit with Patty Wetterling and Joy Baker being held?
  - **A:** Dear Jacob: An Author Visit with Patty Wetterling and Joy Baker takes place on Wed, 13 May, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Wed, 13 May, 2026 at 06:00 pm at Detroit Lakes Public Library, 155 Frazee St W, Detroit Lakes, MN 56501, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Dear Jacob: An Author Visit with Patty Wetterling and Joy Baker?
  - **A:** Dear Jacob: An Author Visit with Patty Wetterling and Joy Baker is organized by Lake Agassiz Regional Library.

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