Coalition READING ROOM: “THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY,” by Amor Towles (in person)

 “The Lincoln Highway” by Amor Towles

https://www.amazon.com/Lincoln-Highway-Times-Number-Bestseller/dp/1786332523

Reviews: “A New York Times Notable Book, a New York Times Readers’ Choice

Best Book of the Century, and Chosen by Oprah Daily, Time, NPR, The Washington

Post, Bill Gates and Barack Obama as a Best Book of the Year.”

In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the

warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for

involuntary manslaughter. But when the warden drives away, Emmett discovers that

two friends from the work farm have hidden themselves in the trunk of the warden’s

car. Together, they have hatched an altogether different plan for Emmett’s future, one that will take

them all on a fateful journey to “the city that never sleeps,” New York City!

Spanning just ten days and told from multiple points of view, Towles’s third novel will satisfy fans of

his multi-layered literary styling while providing them with an array of new and richly imagined

settings, characters, and themes. “Once again, you will be wowed by Towles’s writing—especially

because “The Lincoln Highway” is so different from “A Gentleman in Moscow “in terms of setting, plot,

and themes. Towles is not a one-trick pony. Like all the best storytellers, he has range.

Join Coalition Host Sue Beldock and fellow members to discuss this fascinating story and book!