Author Abraham Verghese shared a story about a dedicated reader who came to see him at Davis-Kidd in Knoxville, Tenn., 30 years ago, and who visited him again at a recent event for his new novel, The Covenant of Water (Grove), hosted by the Georgia Center for the Book, with book sales handled by Little Shop of Stories.
Verghese tweeted: "Jenny was a school kid when she came to my reading in Knoxville; she said she waited two hours in line with her dad to see me--that was many moons ago. Now, 30 or so years later, she shows up in Atlanta after having driven two hours! Where did my hair go?"