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WALLA WALLA – Bestselling historical fiction novelist Jane Kirkpatrick will speak Tues., Aug. 31, at the Walla Walla Public library as part of the library’s Big Idea Talks series. A dessert reception will be held with the author at 6:30 p.m. and the program begins at 7 p.m.

Kirkpatrick is a New York Times and Christian Bookseller’s Association bestselling author of more than 25 books. She is known for her well-researched, inspirational, historical fiction based on the lives of real people and events.

Kirkpatrick will discuss her latest novel, The Memory Weaver, which explores the life of Eliza Spalding Warren, who was just a child when she was taken hostage by the Cayuse Indians in 1847. As a grown woman with two children, her husband wants to make a new start in another territory – the land of her captivity. Readers will follow Eliza on her journey that unravels the threads of the past and leads to healing.