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Author Visit with Marcus Brotherton and Tosca Lee
May 1, 2023 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Are you a fan of historical fiction? Join us in the library on May 1st as we welcome authors Marcus Brotherton and Tosca Lee virtually to discuss their newest book, ‘The Long March Home.’
Prefer to join virtually? Register here for Zoom details: https://forms.gle/yQDysu5t4oe8TUia6
Three audience members will receive a FREE copy of the book when it’s released on May 2nd.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Inspired by true stories, The Long March Home is a gripping coming-of-age tale of friendship, sacrifice, and the power of unrelenting hope from two New York Times bestselling authors
Jimmy Propfield joined the army for two reasons: to get out of Mobile, Alabama, with his best friends Hank and Billy and to forget his high school sweetheart, Claire.
Life in the Philippines seems like paradise—until the morning of December 8, 1941, when news comes from Manila: the Japanese have bombed Pearl Harbor. Within hours, the teenage friends are plunged into war as Japanese warplanes attack Luzon, beginning a battle for control of the Pacific Theater that will culminate with a last stand on the Bataan Peninsula and end with the largest surrender of American troops in history.
What follows will become known as one of the worst atrocities in modern warfare: the Bataan Death March. With no hope of rescue, the three friends vow to make it back home together. But the ordeal is only the beginning of their nearly four-year fight to survive.