Big Read Author Talk with Leif Enger

Register here: https://muskegonadl.bibliocommons.com/events/687811b1639e1e9694a172fb

MADL is thrilled to host author Leif Enger, author of the 2024 novel I Cheerfully Refuse. Join the award-winning author of Peace Like a River and Virgil Wander at Muskegon Community College's Overbrook Theater for an evening of discussion, book readings, and music. I Cheerfully Refuse epitomizes the “musical, sometimes magical and deeply satisfying kind of storytelling” (Los Angeles Times) for which Leif Enger is cherished. A rollicking narrative in the most evocative of settings, this latest novel is a symphony against despair and a rallying cry for the future.

This event is free and open to the public, but registration is strongly encouraged. Book Nook will offer books for sale at the event.

Leif Enger grew up in Osakis, Minnesota, and worked as a reporter for Minnesota Public Radio before writing his bestselling debut novel Peace Like a River, which won the Booksense Award for Fiction and was named one of the Year's Best Books by Time Magazine and the Los Angeles Times. His second novel, So Brave, Young, and Handsome, was also a national bestseller. It was a Midwest Booksellers Honor Book, and won the High Plains Book Award for Fiction. His third novel Virgil Wander was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and was named a best book of the year by Amazon, Library Journal, Bookpage, and Chicago Public Library. He lives with his wife in Duluth, MN.

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