Stella Bell will be reading from her novel, Red Velvet Letters, and signing books on Tuesday July 20th at 3 p.m. at the Orcas Public Library.
Red Velvet Letters is a fictionalized account of the author, Stella Bell’s, life. The novel carries more fact than fiction and provides a unique insight into the lives of several Japanese women. As a child, Bell was fascinated by the red velvet letters in the family scrap book. The letters had been sent in 1927 to her mother from her Japanese pen pal and were rediscovered by her the summer before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
This is the first of a trilogy; the second novel portrays the author’s life on Orcas Island and Saudi Arabia and should be out by Christmas, says Bell.
Stella Bell moved to Orcas Island in 1976 with her husband, Dick Langdon. She now divides her time between Orcas Island and Mazatlan, Mexico and devotes her time to writing novels based on her life.
A book signing and refreshments will follow the reading. This event is sponsored by the Orcas Island Library and is free to the public.
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