Richard Bach, author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull and 19 other books will read and sign his latest novel, Hypnotizing Maria, at Darvill’s Bookstore on Friday, Nov. 20, from 6 to 7 p.m.

In Hypnotizing Maria, a teaching fable, Bach explores both flight and metaphysics. In the opening moments of the story, we meet Jamie Forbes, a pilot who guides a woman into landing a plane safely after her husband loses consciousness. She later claims it was like being hypnotized. Richard Bach, in this, his twentieth book, has written a compelling fable about reality and suggestion.Call Darvill’s at 376-2135.

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