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(205) 444-7800 Mon - Thu 9-9, Fri 9-6, Sat 10-6, Sun 1-5
Meet your favorite librarians for a coffee and book discussion.
Speck is not a good boy. He is a terrible boy, a defiant, self-destructive, often malodorous boy. He has been that way since the moment he appeared on the ridgeline behind Rick Bragg's house, a starved and half-dead creature, seventy-six pounds of wet hair and poor decisions. Speck arrived in Rick's life at a moment of looming uncertainty. A cancer diagnosis, chemo, kidney failure, and recurring pneumonia had left Rick lethargic and melancholy. Speck helped, and he is helping, still. Written with Bragg's inimitable blend of tenderness and sorrow, humor and grit, The Speckled Beauty captures the extraordinary, sustaining devotion between two damaged creatures who need each other to heal.
| Mon, Sep 15 | 9:00AM to 9:00PM |
| Tue, Sep 16 | 9:00AM to 9:00PM |
| Wed, Sep 17 | 9:00AM to 9:00PM |
| Thu, Sep 18 | 9:00AM to 9:00PM |
| Fri, Sep 19 | 9:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Sat, Sep 20 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Sun, Sep 21 | 1:00PM to 5:00PM |
Registration required. One slot per patron.
