Sarah Coomber will be at The Willow Bookstore in Perham, Minnesota, on Tuesday, July 23, from 3 to 5 p.m. for a reading and signing of her recently released memoir, The Same Moon.

The Same Moon explores the culture shock, partial assimilation, and tests of love and faith Sarah experienced as a young divorcee escaping the disappointments of her Minnesota life for a job teaching English in rural Japan. The book's tagline is “Sometimes you have to run far, far away to find your way home.”

Read more about the book here: https://sarahcoomber.com/publish/the-same-moon/

Where’s Waldo? In Perham of course! The iconic children’s book character in the red-and-white-striped shirt and black-rimmed specs is visiting twenty-four local businesses throughout our community this July. Find Waldo Local is a great summer vacation activity!

Anyone who wishes to participate can pick up a “Find Waldo Local in Perham!” passport, which contains the names of all the participating sites, and get their passport stamped or signed for each Waldo they spot. And to make things a little more challenging, Waldo’s nemesis, Odlaw, will also be hiding in The Willow Bookstore. Collecting store stamps or signatures at twenty or more businesses will entitle diligent seekers entry into a grand-prize drawing on July 27, with the top prize being a copy of Where’s Waldo? Destination: Everywhere!, a tribute to Waldo’s many decades of wandering.