TERRY WINCKLER at Books Inc. Alameda | Books Inc.

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Please join us as we present local author, Terry Winckler, reading, discussing and signing copies of his new book, A Voice Came Down The Mountain. This is the follow-op of his best selling first book, Tule Town: A memoir of hellraising redemption. Amid revolution, lighting and mines, Terry ran up a Guatemala volcano to meet Ana, who led guerrilla forces to stop the massacre of Mayans by her father’s army. After her assassination, he discovered Ana still lived within Maya hearts revolutionized by the same words she spoke to him. The finding climaxed the greatest story of his life, spanning five decades and a galaxy of memorable humans, including a village poet who taught Terry how to see into the marrow of Mayan existence, and the little daughter Ana left with only a mysterious poem to hug… He will be in conversation with author, Mary Jo McConahay discussing how today’s immigration crisis is largely a result of past U.S. policies in Guatemala, among other things… Terry Winckler is a an award-winning author and journalist who covered Guatemala’s civil war as a reporter. He lives in Alameda. Information Source: Books Inc. | eventbrite