Dreamers of the Day
Dreamers of the Day is Mary Doria Russell’s novel that is as fresh if not fresher today than when first published in 2008. Mary Doria Russell’s Dreamers of the Day is as fresh and new today as when published in March 2008, and given the state of the world today, it may be even fresher, which […]
Epitaph: A Novel of the O.K. Corral
Epitaph: A Novel of the O.K. Corral Thirty seconds at the O.K. Corral. Mary Doria Russell’s sequel novel to Doc (Holliday) is Epitaph. The center around which Epitaph’s characters whirl and speed is provided by those thirty seconds in which nine men exchange more than twenty pistol and shotgun shots from within five yards of […]
Doc, A Novel
John Henry “Doc” Holliday: Southern landed gentry, classical pianist, consumptive, classicist, dentist, gambler, alcoholic, loyal friend, detective, and horseman. In Russell’s fictional version, Doc Holliday is many things but he is not a gunslinger. She ends the story on the eve of him and the Earp brothers leaving Dodge City, Kansas in 1879 and heading […]
APRIL
Doc, A Novel – Mary Doria Russell – Monday, April 13th – 7 pm
Happy Father’s Day
Happy Father’s Day – Books for Dad This is going out on a limb, but here are some recommendations from Bookin’ with Sunny: For dads of young kids: Philadelphia Chickens by Sandra Boynton. For history loving dads (fiction and nonfiction): Doc by Mary Doria Russell; The Good Lord Bird, by James McBride; Japan 1941, Countdown […]
JANUARY
Dreamers of The Day; Mary Doria Russell; Tuesday, January 24, 2023; 6 PM Clayton Community Library; 2 PM at Lydia Park, Clayton. Please contact us for more information.