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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for an intimate conversation with John Irving as he ch
 ats about not only his most recent novel\, The Last Chairlift\, but als
 o about his prolific body of work and a lifetime spent writing..\nhttps://
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><img src="https://static.libnet.info/front
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 " alt="" style="float: right\;" />Irving&rsquo\;s first novel was publishe
 d when he was just twenty-six years old. He has gone on to be nominated fo
 r a National Book Award three times and won an Oscar for Best Adapted Scre
 enplay.&nbsp\; The Last Chairlift\, Irving&rsquo\;s self-proclaimed final 
 long novel\, begins in Aspen\, Colorado in 1941\, when Rachel Brewster\, a
  slalom skier\, competes at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships
 . Little Ray\, as she is called\, finishes nowhere near the podium\, but s
 he manages to get pregnant. Back home\, in New England\, Little Ray become
 s a ski instructor. Her son\, Adam\, grows up in a family that defies conv
 entions and evades questions concerning the eventful past. Years later\, l
 ooking for answers\, Adam will go to Aspen. In the Hotel Jerome\, where he
  was conceived\, Adam will meet some ghosts\; they aren&rsquo\;t the first
  or the last ghosts he sees.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>You don&rsquo\;t want to miss 
 this hour online with internationally bestselling author John Irving. Regi
 ster now!&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>About the Author:&nbsp\;John Irving was born in E
 xeter\, New Hampshire\, in 1942. His first novel\,&nbsp\;Setting Free the 
 Bears\, was published in 1968\, when he was twenty-six.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Irv
 ing has been nominated for a National Book Award three times\, winning in 
 1980 for&nbsp\;The World According to Garp. In 2000\, he won the Oscar for
  Best Adapted Screenplay for&nbsp\;The Cider House Rules. In 2013\, he won
  a Lambda Literary Award for&nbsp\;In One Person. Internationally renowned
 \, his books have been translated into more than thirty-five languages.&nb
 sp\;A Prayer for Owen Meany&nbsp\;is his best-selling novel\, in every lan
 guage.</p>\n<p>John Irving is a dual citizen of the United States and Cana
 da. He lives in Toronto.</p>\n<hr />\n<p><em>Brought to you in partnership
  with the Library Speakers Consortium. <a href="https://libraryc.org/westl
 akelibrary" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Visit our site</a> to see all e
 vents\, register and explore recordings of past events.<br /></em></p>\nht
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