Michael Sky’s “Jubilee Day” Reading & Conversation

Jubilee Day tells the story of the forgiveness of debt and the sacrifices involved.

Sunday October 2 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Outlook Inn

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from Jubilee Day

Published just weeks before his untimely death in May, Michael Sky’s extraordinary novel Jubilee Day has everyone talking. A mind-stretching political thriller and splendid murder mystery, the book promises to fly off bookstore shelves throughout the country. Find out what all the buzz is about!

Come listen to a reading by islanders Susan Osborn, David Densmore, and Norm Stamper. Then stick around to participate in a facilitated conversation of the book’s provocative, imaginative yet imaginable story. The literary event  is scheduled for Sunday October 2, 2011 from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Victorian Room of the Outlook Inn in Eastsound.

Michael Sky, author of Jubilee Day and other books available at Darvill's Bookstore

In an interview before his death last May, Michael Sky said about the impetus behind Jubilee Day:  “It’s up to the rich to pay attention and rectify the mistakes,” and credits Pillsbury heir Chuck Collins, William Gates, Sr. and Warren Buffet as role models. “It’s up to them to wake up and do the right thing.”

Michael admits that his novel is partly didactic: “I tiptoe right to the edge of polemic in the story of Jubilee Day, but I feel I pulled the story off.” He speaks forcefully about his views of the enormous, and growing, disparity between the unregulated wealthy and the poor and “the intolerable stress that disparity causes on our society.”

Copies of Jubilee Day will be on hand for purchase, at 10 percent off suggested retail price.

This promises to be an unforgettable event. Don’t miss it.

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