One Town Soloist Book set available
We just finished a successful "one book" project using Mark Salzman's The Soloist (not to be confused with the movie/book of the same name by Steve
Lopez.) The book deals with a former child prodigy who gets a musical block and can no longer concertize. During the book he begins teaching a gifted young Korean-American boy, goes on a murder trial of a Buddhist monk (this takes place in Calif.) and looks back at his life. Issues to talk about include raising gifted children, trials and juries, Buddhism, mental illness, and music. Almost everyone who read it said, "I wouldn't have picked it up but I really liked it." We have about 90 copies of the paperback book that we got from Westport CT and 2 copies of the audiocd, that could go to a library who would like to do this as a community wide read. I'd like to send out the entire set so some other town could read the book.
If you would like the set, email me and I'll send them in delivery.
Maggie Holmes
Adult Services
Richards Memorial Library
118 N. Washington St.
North Attleboro, MA 02760
508-699-0122
