One Book, One Beaverton: An Evening with Author Tracy Kidder

What if all of Beaverton read the same book?

Please join us for the signature event of Beaverton City Library’s One Book, One Beaverton, a visit with Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder. Kidder’s most recent book, Rough Sleepers, tells the inspiring story of Dr. Jim O’Connell, a gifted man who invented a community of care for Boston’s unhoused population, including those who sleep on the streets – the “rough sleepers.” The book provides a humane and nuanced view of one of America’s thorniest issues and treats its subjects with a dignity and compassion they are often denied.

Author and physician Abraham Verghese says of the book, “I couldn’t put Rough Sleepers down till the last page. Kidder’s writing sidesteps labels like “homeless” to reveal the humanity of those who live on the streets… I am left in awe of the human spirit and inspired to do better.”

We invite you to stay after the author talk to get your book signed.

Tickets on sale November 1st.