Updated at 6:05 p.m., Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Author and UH student Patricia Wood to read Sept. 12
Advertiser Staff
Author and University of Hawai'i graduate student Patricia Wood, whose first novel "Lottery" was published this summer, will read from her book at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 12 at the Architecture Auditorium on the Mānoa campus. The book already is in its second printing.The event will include a reception with heavy pupu and a book-signing. Copies of "Lottery" will be available for purchase. The event is free and open to the public.
Wood, a doctoral student in the College of Education at UH-Mānoa, says she was inspired to write this novel partly because as a Center on Disability Studies' Certificate in Disability and Diversity Studies student, "her eyes were open to disability culture."
"Lottery" is about a mentally challenged young man who wins $12 million in the Washington State Lottery. The novel leaves readers wondering until the last page whether Perry L. Crandall's good fortune can possibly withstand such a perilous world.
Part-time resident and best-selling author Paul Theroux, who knows Wood, says, "What I love about 'Lottery' is that it is much more than a novel about windfall affecting a simple soul — it's a book about a stupendous event affecting a great number of people, especially the reader."
"We are extremely pleased to see one of our students in the certificate program achieve such a huge accomplishment," said Dr. Robert Stodden, director of the Center on Disability Studies.
For additional information about the event, call 956-7539.
