Standing in the Rainbow by Fannie Flagg
Date and Time: August 26, 2021, 7:00 PM CT
Location:
Leavenworth Public Library, 417 Spruce St, Leavenworth
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From the TALK series, On the Lighter Side
Discussion Leader: Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Flagg takes us to Elmwood Springs, Missouri, where we meet Bobby Smith, a 10-year-old living an idyllic postwar boyhood; his mother, Neighbor Dorothy, broadcasts her Midwest housewife's radio show; and later on, Tot Whooten, a very incompetent hairdresser; mortician Cecil Figgs; Hamm Sparks, the tractor salesman turned politician and many, many others.
Sponsored by: Leavenworth Public Library
For more information about this event, please contact:
Cindy McGuire
(913) 682-5666 x218
http://leavenworthpubliclibrary.org