

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: David Guterson presents 'Evelyn in Transit' (Third Place Books Ravenna)
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 23 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Fri, 23 Jan, 2026 at 08:30 pm
- **Event Description**: An unusual American woman's life is upended when a delegation of lamas announces that her young son is a reincarnated Buddhist master.About this EventThird Place Books welcomes  author David Guterson to our Ravenna location for a conversation about his new book  — a novel bridging Tibet and the American West to explore the human quest for transcendence.Please note: David will be joining us both on Wednesday, Jan. 21 at our Lake Forest Park location and on Friday, Jan. 23 at our Ravenna location! This is the RSVP page for the 1/23 Ravenna event. To sign up for the 1/21 Lake Forest Park event, .This event is free and open to the public. For important updates, RSVP is highly recommended in advance. This event will include a public signing and time for audience Q&amp;A. Sustain our author series by purchasing a copy of the featured books!Tickets:This event is free to attend. Registration is recommended in advance.Please note: While RSVP helps us anticipate attendance, your RSVP may not guarantee a seat. Seating is first-come, first-served, and all events at our Ravenna neighborhood store are free and open to the public. Only standing room may be available for events with high interest.We are happy to accommodate any accessibility concerns. Please contact us at events@thirdplacebooks.com or call our Ravenna store at (206) 525-2347.About Evelyn in Transit. . .A crystalline short novel about defying expectations, hitting the road, and seeking the right way to live.Radically open-minded, formidably strong, and unusually clear-eyed about herself and others, Evelyn Bednarz has always been a misfit. She’s easily bored, unsuited to life at school, asks odd questions about faith and time, and sees through conventions others take for granted. Seeking to be true to herself, she hitchhikes across the American West taking odd jobs.In distant Tibet, another life unfolds as remote from Evelyn’s as can be: the life of a boy named Tsering, raised as a Buddhist monk in the mountains of Tibet, who eventually becomes a high lama.And yet, their lives are strangely linked—as Evelyn discovers when a trio of Buddhist lamas show up at her door to announce that her five-year-old son Cliff is the seventh reincarnation of the illustrious Norbu Rinpoche, recently deceased. The lamas’ visit sets off a family crisis and a media firestorm over Cliff’s future.Written in a spare, precise style of extraordinary beauty, full of surprising humor and luminosity, Evelyn in Transit delivers much-needed insight and compassion about humanity’s strivings for transcendence, and what it might mean to “live the right way.”David Guterson is the author of several novels: the national best seller Snow Falling on Cedars; East of the Mountains; Our Lady of the Forest, a New York Times Notable Book and a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year; The Other; and Ed King. He is also the author of two story collections, two books of poetry, a memoir, and the work of nonfiction Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, he lives in Washington state.About Third Place BooksFounded in 1998 in Lake Forest Park, Washington, Third Place Books is dedicated to the creation of a community around books and the ideas inside them. With locations in Lake Forest Park and Seattle's Ravenna and Seward Park neighborhoods, Third Place Books is proud to serve the entire Seattle metro area. Learn more about their event series at thirdplacebooks.com/events.
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- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Seattle
- **state**: WA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Third Place Books Ravenna
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- **full address**: Third Place Books Ravenna, 6504 20th Avenue Northeast, Seattle, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 23 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm
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  - **A:** Third Place Books Ravenna, 6504 20th Avenue Northeast, Seattle, United States
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- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art
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