July 12th, 2002

Greg Garrett will sign copies of his new book Free Bird. It's the story of Clay Forrester, a young high-profile attorney who, after losing his family, returns to the small southern town where he grew up. Depression sets in and his only joy is the music he plays at local bars and an old car that belonged to his father, who abandoned him when he was a boy. Having always believed his father dead, Clay is surprised to find out that his father had been alive all along.

Garrett is a winner of the William Faulkner prize for fiction and has widely published his short stories.

The signing will be from 5 - 6 p.m. at the main bookstore, not Off Square.