NY Times best-selling author Jamie Ford headlines Authors Series at The Willows Inn on Lummi Island, April 23-24
Lummi Island, Wash. (PRWEB) March 31, 2014 -- Jamie Ford continues the stellar lineup of attractions to this popular Willows Inn series, in partnership with Village Books, on Wednesday, April 23.
Please call for reservations: 360.758.2620. Cost is $75/person, and rooms for that night start at $135 at the Willows Inn.
The fee includes a copy of Ford's novel released last fall, "Songs of Willow Frost," for discussion with him in the comfortable luxury of a restored, historical former lodge, Loganita, followed by a private dinner.
Ford's debut novel a few years ago, "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet," became a national sensation. After rose high on the New York Times' bestseller fiction chart and earned numerous awards, the American Booksellers Association named the novel the No. 1 Book Club pick for the Fall/Winter of 2009-'10.
In his second work Ford tells the story of a 12-year-old Chinese-American boy in an orphanage chasing a hope, and an adult woman dealing with her haunted past -- alternating between the 1920s and the Great Depression in the Seattle area. The woman of the title, Willow Frost, is a movie actress whom the boy, William Eng, believes to be his mother.
The Willows Inn on Lummi Island was recognized this week as No. 4 among Top 100 U.S. restaurants, and recently as a Top 10 U.S. Hotel Restaurant by Gayot (on Fox News), by Bon Appetit as No. 2 Food Lover’s Hotel in America last year, and in the 2014 Modern Farmer’s “Global Guide to Local: Where to Stay Around the World.”
The Authors Series has featured such renowned hosts as NPR librarian/book critic Nancy Pearl, travel guide Rick Steves, and American West author Andrew Doig. Village Books, an independent bookseller in nearby Bellingham, Wash., co-sponsors the Authors Series and coordinates the lineup of authors for the Willows Inn on Lummi Island.
ALSO: Call for information about the "Site of Spring" specials that continue through May 1, featuring a 2-for-1 extended stay offer Sunday-through-Thursday, and a Thursday night or Sunday night half-price lodging package.
Reid Johnson, Sales & Marketing, The Willows Inn on Lummi Island, http://www.willows-inn.com, +1 254.424.4595, [email protected]
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