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Author’s Talk with Matthew J. Hefti

November 7, 2016 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

 

Meet the author of A Hard and Heavy Thing.

Top 10 First Novels of 2016–Booklist.

2016 Great Group Reads Selection

“Contemplating suicide after nearly a decade at war, Levi sits down to write a note to his best friend Nick, explaining why things have to come to this inevitable end. Years earlier, Levi–a sergeant in the army–made a tragic choice that led his team into ambush, leaving three soldiers dead and two badly injured. During the attack, Levi risked death to save a badly burned and disfigured Nick. His actions won him the Silver Star for gallantry, but nothing could alleviate the guilt he carried after that fateful day. He may have saved Nick in Iraq, but when Levi returns home and spirals out of control, it is Nick’s turn to play the savior, urging Levi to write. Levi begins to type as a way of bidding farewell, but what remains when he is finished is not a suicide note. It’s a love song, a novel in which the beginning is the story’s end, the story’s end is the real beginning of Levi’s life, and the future is as mutable as words on a page.”

Matthew J. Hefti was an explosive ordinance disposal technician deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq twice.

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Date

Monday, November 7 at 7:00 p.m., Veterans Studio Theatre

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Pricing

Free but tickets requested

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Date:
November 7, 2016
Time:
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
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Weber Center
Phone:
608-784-9292
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info@webercenterfortheperformingarts.org
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Event Type
Lecture

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Veterans Studio Theatre
428 Front Street, South
La Crosse, WI 54601 United States
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608-784-9292
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