The book that Wayne County Reads has selected for its 2019 鈥渟eason of reading鈥� might be a perfect gift this season.
The 15th book in the annual 鈥渙ne book, one community鈥� program is the New York Times bestseller, Educated by Tara Westover. Educated recounts a young woman鈥檚 struggles to gain an education and through that, a way out of her harsh life with her survivalist family.
Free public programs will be held during the month of March 2019, and will focus on lifelong learning and its role in building resiliency.
In addition to discussing selected books鈥� literary merits, WCR provides programs such as lectures, demonstrations, and films that explore the issues in the books.
The Wayne County Public Library has several copies for lending, with more on the way. An electronic version can also be downloaded from the library鈥檚 website.
For those who would like to purchase their own copy, the Books-A-Million store in Goldsboro has this title in stock.
Wayne County Read鈥檚 core community partners are 黑料正能量, University of Mount Olive, Wayne County Public Library, Wayne County Public Schools, and Seymour Johnson Air Force Base Library.
Wayne County Reads was started in 2004. Past selections of Wayne County Reads have included: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee; Big Fish by Daniel Wallace; Night by Elie Wiesel; Walking Across Egypt by Clyde Edgerton; 聽Blood Done Sign My Name by Tim Tyson; 聽Blackbeard: America’s Most Notorious Pirate by Angus Konstam; 聽Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury; Three Cups of Tea: One Man鈥檚 Mission to Promote Peace 鈥� One School at a Time and Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Greg Mortenson; The Pleasure Was Mine by Tommy Hays;聽 Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya; The Things They Carried by Tim O鈥橞rien; Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver; Poetry 180; and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. WCR was on hiatus in 2017.