Spectacular Things Author Helps Launch Book Club
Open to the public, no fee
South Portland novelist Beck Dorey-Stein’s Spectacular Things has risen to the top of local best seller lists and has been getting national attention. It was selected for Reese’s Book Club, a part of the Reese Witherspoon daily talk show. Now it’s selected to kick off the revived Woodfords Club Book Club. Beck will help launch the Club’s fall dinner series with a public talk at 7 p.m., Friday, September 19 – right after the first dinner of the season.
The author’s novel Spectacular Things is the story of two sisters who persevere after the tragic loss of their soccer loving mother. The athletically gifted younger sister Cricket is helped to become a national level soccer star by her brilliant older sister Mia, who sacrifices much to raise her. The novel is set in a version of Greater Portland. Could that be the Casco Bay Bridge where the characters are waiting to cross? It’s a great story with vivid characters, an engaging glimpse of the big-time women’s soccer world, and the grueling path to the soccer summit. It is a wonderful portrayal of family love. Spectacular Things doesn’t have one false note. This is a terrific book.
Let’s turn out a crowd for this great guest! Establishing a book club was highly rated in our recent survey about activities at the club. After the talk we’ll seek input on when the book club should be held, and whether there might be two – one for days and one for evenings.
Beck Dorey-Stein grew up in Narberth, Pennsylvania, and served as a White House stenographer from 2012 to 2017. Her memoir From the Corner of the Oval, was a New York Times bestseller. She moved to South Portland five years ago and is married, with a three-year-old. Our neighbors at the Friends of Woodfords Corner and Back Cove Books are co-sponsors. The book store is offering a 10 percent discount for book club members.
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