509 4th Ave E
Olympia, WA 98501
USA
Often described as “a lyrical, soulful chronicler of our ever-changing West,” Washington State Book Award winner Bruce Holbert has won accolades for tracing the beauty and harshness of Eastern Washington’s landscape and how it shapes its people. His new book, WHISKEY is no exception.
With the gruff humor of Cormac McCarthy, a dash of the madcap irony of Charles Portis, Holbert once again traverses America’s northwestern border to find a family unlike any you’ve met before. Set in 1991, WHISKEY tells the story of two brothers, their parents, three wrecked marriages, a bear in a camper, and a family life at its most distressed. It explores kinship, failure, and the way we as humans struggle for love, self-knowledge, grace, and a grip on life that won’t just burn our fingers.
Join Bruce Holbert for a reading, discussion and signing…and perhaps a shot of whiskey.