Jenny Forrester - Narrow River, Wide Sky
Thu, May 18, 2017
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Jenny Forrester returns to the Four Corners with her new memoir about growing up in Mancos.br>br>
On the Colorado Plateau between slot canyons and rattlesnakes, Jenny Forrester grew up with her mother and brother in a single-wide trailer proudly displaying an American flag. Forrester’s powerfully eloquent story reveals a rural small town comprising God-fearing Republicans, ranchers, Mormons, and Native Americans. With sensitivity and resilience, Forrester navigates feelings of isolation, an abusive boyfriend, sexual assault, and a failed college attempt to forge a separate identity. As young adults, after their mother’s accidental death, Forrester and her brother are left with an increasingly strained relationship that becomes a microcosm of America’s political landscape. Narrow River, Wide Sky is a breathtaking, determinedly truthful story about one woman’s search for identity within the mythology of family and America itself.
Thu, May 18, 2017
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Maria's Bookshop
960 Main Avenue
Durango, CO 81301