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Local Libraries Welcome “The River We Remember” Author William Kent Krueger

Presentation at Concordia College will take place Tuesday, October 29

10/24/2024 9:00 a.m.


  • OBOC 2024 William Kent Krueger
    OBOC 2024 William Kent Krueger

Best-selling Minnesota author William Kent Krueger, writer of The River We Remember, will visit Concordia College’s Knutson Center Centrum (624 9th St. S., Moorhead) on Tuesday, Oct. 29, at 7 p.m. for a presentation as part of the 2024 One Book, One Community reading project. This free event is open to the public, with seating available on a first come, first served basis. This event will be live streamed on Concordia College’s website. Books will be available for purchase during the event; a book signing will follow the presentation. For further details, contact Lori West at 701.476.5977 or email LWest@fargolibrary.org.

Set in the summer of 1958 in a rural community in Minnesota, the novel focuses on long-held secrets, fears and prejudices that come to light following the murder of the county’s leading citizen. “The River We Remember” is a story of how we help one another heal from the wounds of the battles we fight in life, and of how we transform hate and anger into compassion. The themes of the novel center on the damage left by the wars that are fought abroad and at home and how people can heal from those traumas.

William Kent Krueger is the acclaimed author of the New York Times best-selling “Ordinary Grace,” as well as its companion novel “This Tender Land.” Krueger is also the writer of nineteen Cork O’Connor novels, a series of mysteries set in the Northwoods of Minnesota. Krueger’s work has received numerous honors, including the Minnesota Book Award, Loft-McKnight Fiction Award, Anthony Award, Barry Award, Edgar Award, Dilys Award and the Friends of American Writers Prize. His last nine novels were all New York Times bestsellers. He makes his home in St. Paul, Minnesota. Learn more about Krueger and his current projects at WilliamKentKrueger.com.

Krueger’s visit is sponsored in partnership by the Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo public libraries, Concordia College’s Carl B. Ylvisaker Library, Minnesota State University Moorhead’s Livingston Lord Library, North Dakota State University Libraries and the Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County.

In its 13th year, the One Book, One Community reading project centers on the community-wide reading of a single book and is dedicated to creating a shared conversation along with a range of related events and activities for residents of all ages. For more information about the One Book, One Community reading project, visit their website.

All One Book, One Community events are free and open to the public. This author visit and project is made possible in part with significant funding from both the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the Lake Agassiz Regional Library and the Friends of the Fargo Public Library. Additional support is provided by Concordia Cultural Events, Friends of the West Fargo Public Library, Friends of the Moorhead Library, Friends of the NDSU Libraries and Moorhead Community Education.