Author Speaks at Two Columbia-Area Rotary Clubs
June 30, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – Andra Watkins, author of the To Live Forever: An Afterlife Journey of Meriwether Lewis, addresses two Columbia-area Rotary Clubs this week. Both the Rotary Club of Lake Murray-Irmo and the Rotary Club of Chapin-Sunrise invited Watkins to speak about her genre-bending novel and her historic 444-mile hike of the Natchez Trace, an ancient road between Natchez, MS and Nashville, TN.
Watkins is the only living person to follow the path of the pioneers, recreating their month-long walk in fifteen-mile daily increments. Her talk shares the ups and downs of a solitary feat of endurance and the gift of spending time with he aging parents near the end of their lives.
Her novel explores redemption and how people are remembered after they’re gone using Meriwether Lewis, of Lewis and Clark fame, as its protagonist. It is available everywhere books are sold, including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBook and Kobo. Check out the reviews here.
To book Watkins to speak at any event, email [email protected].
Rotarians are known for their support of literacy initiatives around the globe, and many are active readers and writers. To find out more about Rotary Clubs in the Columbia area, go to rotary7770.org.
