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Start: 7:30 pm
Historic LoDo: Erin McKittrick has an MS in molecular biology from the University of Washington, but left academia to pursue more wilderness experiences and to concentrate on environmental activism. McKittrick will offer a PowerPoint presentation and sign her new book A Long Trek Home: 4,000 Miles by Boot, Raft and Ski ($18.95 Mountaineers Books). In June 2007, McKittrick and her husband, Hig, embarked on a 4,000-mile expedition from Seattle to the Aleutian Islands, traveling solely by human power. This is the story of their unprecedented trek along the edge of the Pacific Ocean—a year-long journey through some of the most rugged terrain in the world—and their encounters with rain, wind, blizzards, bears, and their own emotional and spiritual demons. Visit Erin and Hig’s Ground Truth Trekking blog. Request a signed copy: books@tatteredcover.com
Start: 7:30 pm
Colfax Avenue: John Thorndike is the author of two novels, Anna Delaney’s Child and The Potato Baron, and a previous memoir, Another Way Home. Thorndike will read from and sign his new memoir The Last of His Mind: A Year in the Shadow of Alzheimer’s ($24.95 Swallow Press), the story of the year he spent caring for his aging father. It’s the ordeal of Alzheimer’s that draws father and son close, closer than they have been since John was a boy. At the end, when his father’s heart stops beating, John’s hand is on his chest, and a story of painful decline has become a portrait of deep family ties, caregiving, and love. Visit John Thorndike’s website. Request a signed copy: books@tatteredcover.com
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