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Bettyville When George Hodgman leaves Manhattan for his Missouri hometown, he finds himself in a head-on collision with his aging mother, Betty, a woman of wit and will. As these two unforgettable charac- ters try to bring their very different worlds together, Hodgman reveals the challenges of Betty’s life and his own struggle for self-respect. Recommended if you like: The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe, The Tender Bar by J. R. Moehringer A witty, tender memoir of a son’s journey home to care for his irascible mother—a tale of secrets, silences, and enduring love Author - George Hodgman is a veteran magazine and book editor who has worked at Simon & Schuster, Vanity Fair, and Talk magazine. His writing has appeared in Entertainment Weekly, Inter- view, W, and Harper’s Bazaar, among other publications. He lives in New York City and Paris, Mis- souri. Miss Hazel and the Rosa Parks League Set in pre-Civil Rights Mississippi, and inspired by his Mississippi childhood, Odell tells the story of two young mothers, Hazel and Vida, who have only two things in common: the devastating loss of their children, and a deep and abiding loathing for one another. It is the story of a town, a people, and a culture on the verge of a great change that begins with small things, like unexpected Recommended if you like: The Help by Kathryn Stockett ; The Healing by Jonathan Odell A brilliant reimagining and republication of Jonathan Odell’s debut novel, The View from Delphi Author - Odell was born and raised in Mississippi, growing up in the institutional segregation of a small town. In college he became an activist and sold The Ebony Pictorial History of Black America door to door in black neighborhoods across the South while the Klan tried to discourage him. He now resides in Minnesota. Midwest Connections Picks March 2015 Celebrating Books that Celebrate the Midwest The Big Seven Detective Sunderson has fled troubles on the home front and bought himself a hunting cabin in a remote area of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. No sooner has he settled in than he realizes his new neighbors, a family of outlaws armed to the teeth, have local law enforcement too intimidated to take them on. Sunderson must struggle with the evil within himself to overcome the greater evil of Recommended if you like: That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo; The Great Leader by Jim Harrison; No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy Shot through with wit and bedlam, The Big Seven is a superb reminder of why Jim Harri- son is one of America’s most irrepressible writers. Author - Jim Harrison was born in Grayling, MI in 1937. He is the author of 19 books of fiction, four books of nonfiction, and 17 books of poetry. His works have been set throughout the Midwest, from Nebraska to Minnesota to his most common locale, rural Michigan. He currently lives in Arizona and Montana.

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Bettyville

When George Hodgman leaves Manhattan for his Missouri hometown, he finds himself in a head-on collision with his aging mother, Betty, a woman of wit and will. As these two unforgettable charac-ters try to bring their very different worlds together, Hodgman reveals the challenges of Betty’s life and his own struggle for self-respect.

Recommended if you like: The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe, The Tender Bar by J. R. Moehringer

A witty, tender memoir of a son’s journey home to care for his irascible mother—a tale of secrets, silences, and enduring love

Author - George Hodgman is a veteran magazine and book editor who has worked at Simon & Schuster, Vanity Fair, and Talk magazine. His writing has appeared in Entertainment Weekly, Inter-view, W, and Harper’s Bazaar, among other publications. He lives in New York City and Paris, Mis-souri.

Miss Hazel and the Rosa Parks League

Set in pre-Civil Rights Mississippi, and inspired by his Mississippi childhood, Odell tells the story of two young mothers, Hazel and Vida, who have only two things in common: the devastating loss of their children, and a deep and abiding loathing for one another. It is the story of a town, a people, and a culture on the verge of a great change that begins with small things, like unexpected

Recommended if you like: The Help by Kathryn Stockett ; The Healing by Jonathan Odell

A brilliant reimagining and republication of Jonathan Odell’s debut novel, The View from Delphi

Author - Odell was born and raised in Mississippi, growing up in the institutional segregation of a small town. In college he became an activist and sold The Ebony Pictorial History of Black America door to door in black neighborhoods across the South while the Klan tried to discourage him. He now resides in Minnesota.

Midwest Connections PicksMarch 2015

Celebrating Books that Celebrate the Midwest

The Big Seven

Detective Sunderson has fled troubles on the home front and bought himself a hunting cabin in a remote area of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. No sooner has he settled in than he realizes his new neighbors, a family of outlaws armed to the teeth, have local law enforcement too intimidated to take them on. Sunderson must struggle with the evil within himself to overcome the greater evil of

Recommended if you like: That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo; The Great Leader by Jim Harrison; No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

Shot through with wit and bedlam, The Big Seven is a superb reminder of why Jim Harri-son is one of America’s most irrepressible writers.

Author - Jim Harrison was born in Grayling, MI in 1937. He is the author of 19 books of fiction, four books of nonfiction, and 17 books of poetry. His works have been set throughout the Midwest, from Nebraska to Minnesota to his most common locale, rural Michigan. He currently lives in Arizona and Montana.