A private reading party with author Heidi Durrow
Wednesday, September 29, 7pm
at Christofle in the Bal Harbour Shops
The world renowned silver shop Christofle will provide a lovely champagne-and-hors d’oeuvres reception for 5 contest winners and their guests for an intimate discussion, book club-style, with the author. Each winner will also receive a silver bookmark from Christofle, an innovative force in art and living since the mid-19th century thanks to its stunning silver creations.
Heidi Durrow’s debut novel tells the story of Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and a black G.I., who becomes the sole survivor of a family tragedy. Growing up in the 1980s, she confronts her identity as a biracial young woman in a world that wants to see her as either black or white.
The clearly crafted story, told in alternating narrators, is the perfect book for book clubs, tailor made for discussion of deeper issues of identity and family, of truth and loss. And the two-for-the-price-of-one makes this the perfect special for book clubs. Your whole book club can share in the savings. Have everyone pitch in for the price of four books – and eight of you get copies!