Caroline Patterson Reads from "Ballet at the Moose Lodge"

SEELEY LAKE - Caroline Patterson, executive director of the Missoula Writing Cooperative, will be reading from and discussing her recent collection of short stories, "Ballet at the Moose Lodge" Saturday, Jan. 13 at 7 p.m. at the Grizzly Claw Trading Company. This event is sponsored by Alpine Artisans Open Book Club. There is no charge and all are welcome.

In this series of short stories, Patterson chronicles the lives of ordinary people. Her sixteen stories touch on the seemingly simple decisions we make day by day that end up challenging us and changing our lives.

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