ONE BOOK, ONE COUNTY

May 5, 2016 · 0 Comments

Book club members Cathy Hasz and Sharon Spencer, meet with author Kim Thúy at the Dufferin County Museum and Archives during the One Book One County event on Sunday, May 1. The public libraries from Orangeville, Shelburne, and Grand Valley joined together to create the event, which features a Canadian author and his or her book. Ms. Thúy wrote Man, a novel about a woman’s experiences about living in two cultures.

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