Avid Bookshop and the Athens-Clarke County Library invites the public to a celebration of local author Rebecca McCarthy's book Norman Maclean: A Life of Letters and Rivers. This event is on Wednesday May 22 2024 from 7-8pm at the Athens-Clarke County Library.
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ABOUT THE BOOK:
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories turned Norman Maclean into a late-in-life literary phenomenon and then a household name after the success of the Hollywood film based on the title story. Yet fewer know of Maclean’s lifelong struggles to reconcile very different parts of himself: the revered teacher and writer in the intellectual hub of Chicago and the Montana man compelled by the wildness and traumas of his home state and family including the tragic Mann Gulch fire and the murder of his brother.
Rebecca McCarthy’s intimate portrait of Maclean draws on her long friendship with the author from the time she became a student at the University of Chicago through the rest of his life. Irrepressible as a teacher Maclean shared guidance advice campus and city rambles and loyal friendship with generations of students. Behind the scenes he honed an art as meditative and patient as his approach to fly fishing. McCarthy’s experiences intertwine with stories from friends family colleagues and others to detail an incredibly rich life that seemed destined to remain divided—until the creation of his classic American story.
A vivid evocation of an iconic figure Norman Maclean reveals the forces and events that shaped the author-educator and formed the bedrock of his beloved stories.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Rebecca McCarthy has spent her career as a reporter including 21 years at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution winning national and state awards for her writing. As a freelance writer she has written for The New York Times Fast Company Woman's Day Audubon and more.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Athens-Clarke County Library, Baxter Street, Athens, GA, USA, United States
