Brown Bag Book Discussion

Sally Boothe will lead a discussion of Lynda Rutledge's novel West with Giraffes. Participants are encouraged (but not required) to read the book in advance. Ask for a copy at the library’s information desk.

From Booklist: 

Woodrow Wilson Nickel shared the dream of so many 1930s Panhandle farmhands: to get to California. He had no idea he'd eventually make the journey in the company of two giraffes. The Dust Bowl eventually sends Woody to New York, to work for a distant cousin. After a hurricane rips through the East Coast, two overseas shipping crates survive intact and reveal the most unique cargo Woody's ever seen: two giraffes. With some quick thinking and fast talking, Woody lands himself a gig as the pair's driver, joining their keeper in delivering the giraffes to the San Diego Zoo. A stubborn photographer joins them, and the group travels across the country, gaining plenty of press and getting into a few scrapes along the way. Rutledge's larger-than-life story about the power of both animal magnetism and human connection is based on true events.