Join us for the highlight of Centre County Reads 2025: An Evening with Lynda Rutledge! Bestselling author, Rutledge will join Dr. John Marsh, director of Penn State's Centre for American Literary Studies, in a moderated discussion followed by audience questions. Part adventure, part historical saga, and part coming-of-age love story, West with Giraffes explores what it means to be changed by the grace of animals, the kindness of strangers, the passing of time, and a story told before it’s too late.

Readers who enjoyed West With Girafffes should try Lynda's newest book, Mockingbird Summer, in which To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, plays a major role.  (To Kill a Mockingbird was the very first Centre County Reads title selection in 2003.)

“[A] larger-than-life story about the power of both animal magnetism and human connection…witty, charming, and heartwarming.” ―Booklist

“A delightful read.” – The New York Times Book Review 

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