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SUMMARY:Humor, Heart, and Reflective Rural Stories with Michael Perry (Vir
 tual Event)
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DESCRIPTION:Join us in conversation with bestselling author and humorist M
 ichael Perry, whose collection of genre-spanning works encapsulates the ex
 periences–and the magic–of rural town communities and the everyday peo
 ple who reside in them. In Michael Perry’s memoir, Population: 485, the
  local vigilante is a farmer's wife armed with a pistol and a Bible, 
 the most senior member of the volunteer fire department is a cross-eyed bu
 tcher with one kidney and two ex-wives, and the back roads are haunted by 
 the ghosts of children and farmers. Against a backdrop of fires and tangle
 d wrecks, bar fights and smelt feeds, Perry tells a frequently comic tale 
 leavened with moments of heartbreaking delicacy and searing tragedy. Jesu
 s Cow, Perry’s fiction debut, is a hilarious yet sincere exploration of 
 faith and the foibles of modern life. Low-key Harley Jackson finds himself
  entangled in drama from all corners: A woman in a big red pickup has stol
 en his bachelor’s heart, a Hummer-driving predatory developer is threate
 ning to pave the last vestiges of his family farm, and inside his barn is 
 a calf bearing the image of Jesus Christ–a secret he wants to keep quiet
 , until the truth slips right through the barn door. To register for this
  virtual author talk, PLEASE CLICK HERE, or on the link at the top right o
 f this page. 
URL:https://guilderland.librarycalendar.com/event/humor-heart-and-reflecti
 ve-rural-stories-michael-perry-virtual-event-48463
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