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"Horizon," a new show  by local artist Lee Shiney will be on display at Watermark through late September. 

BIG READ WICHITA.

Read & discuss Their Eyes Were Watching God at Watermark this October:

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JEANNETTE WALLS, SARA GRUEN, IAN FRAZIER, DAVID SEDARIS: and much more besides in our upcoming author events. Check out the brief listings to the right--and visit our Event page for details.

 

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Watermark's HUCK FINN CHALLENGE: This fall, we'll be reading and discussing The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn for the 100th anniversary of Mark Twain's death. It's the Great American Novel and one of the most banned books in the land. Come join in the conversation:

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Our Book of the Week is This Must Be the Place by Kate Racculia (Henry Holt, ISBN 9780805092301, $25.00) When Arthur Rook learns that his vital, creative wife, Amy, has been killed in an accident, he realizes to his horror that he has no idea what her last wishes would have been. Blindsided by the sudden loss and delirious with grief, he flees his home and job in Los Angeles, guided only by a pink shoebox full of Amy's keepsakes. Among the contents, he finds an unmailed postcard written sixteen years earlier, addressed to a woman he's never heard of. Arthur follows it to the Darby-Jones boardinghouse in the sleepy town of Ruby Falls, New York.
 
There, he finds more answers than he bargained for in Mona Jones, Amy's best friend from childhood, now the proprietor of the Darby-Jones and a professional baker of wedding cakes. It turns out that Mona and her daughter, Oneida, two quirky kindred spirits, have a lot to learn from Arthur as well. As the three gradually unveil one another's secrets, they are forced to choose whether the truth will ruin them or teach them about love: how deeply it runs, how strong it makes us, and, even when all seems lost, how it brings us together and gives our lives meaning.
 
From the portrait photographer fascinated by human variety to the teenage bully with a secret philosophical streak to the dreamer whose great passion is bringing life to fantastic Hollywood monsters, this debut novel is populated with one-of-a-kind characters so memorable and lifelike that they linger long after the book's final pages. Heartbreakingly real and filled with unforgettable, charming people, "This Must Be the Place" is a celebration of life, self-discovery, and love. And this week it is 30% off.
 

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First line(s)...
 
"My fingers lower to the keys, as warm and familiar as skin."
 
...from Give + Take by Stona Fitch (Thomas Dunn Books/St. Martin's Press, ISBN 9780312599874, $23.99)
 

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Go to our cafe page and order lunch online by 10:30 a.m., and we'll have it waiting for you.

 

4701 East Douglas/Wichita, Kansas 67218/(316) 682-1181

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Monday - Friday:  8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (Cafe opens at 7:00 a.m.)

Saturday - Sunday:  8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.  (Cafe opens at 7:00 a.m.)

 

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