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Join Anderson’s bookshop for an in-person event with author Joan Wilson to discuss her new book, The Book of Timothy! She will be joined by the subject of the book, her brother Tim Nockels.
This event will be held in our Naperville store, and pre-registration is required as space is limited.
Please read these COVID protection requirements carefully:
Masks are required of all customers, regardless of vaccination status, and must remain properly covering the face for the entirety of the event.
A ticket is required for all attendees, attendance will be capped at 50, and seating may also be restricted in order to allow for social distancing.
Anderson’s Bookshop, the author, and the publisher reserve the right to change the format of this event to a virtual one at any time if it becomes necessary. A change in format will not entitle ticket holders to any refund.
Failure to follow these guidelines and to treat all participants with courtesy and respect may result in your expulsion from the event.
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Thank you for your understanding and cooperation!
More about the book:
Set in Rome, Chicago, and Anchorage, and spanning thirty years from crime to confrontation, The Book of Timothy: The Devil, My Brother, and Me recounts in lyric movements a sister's journey, partly through trickery, but eventually through truth, to gain a long-absent admission from the priest who abused her brother. While on that journey, Nockels Wilson, a former prosecutor, confronts not only the priest, but her personal quest for vengeance. She further seeks an understanding of how the first Book of Timothy, the work of St. Paul, contributed to the silencing of women in her once loved Catholic Church. This Book of Timothy promises to take the reader on a quest for justice and down a path of unexpected coincidences that ends where it first began: out of a great love for a brother and in the power of first memory.
About the author:
Joan Nockels Wilson is a writer and lawyer. A native of Chicago, a diehard Cubs fan, and a forever-learner, she has studied at Northwestern University, University of California Berkeley, Lewis and Clark College, and the University of Alaska. In addition to her law degree, she holds a Master’s of Fine Arts in creative nonfiction, is a Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist award winner, and is a member of the Bread Loaf community of writers. Her work has appeared in literary journals and audio shows, most recently Cirque and Arctic Entries.
Joan has practiced as a civil and criminal litigator in Alaska for twenty-five years. She spent half her career in private practice working as a health care lawyer. Her passion, however, is in public service, where she serves today. Joan has served an Assistant District Attorney prosecuting felony domestic violence and animal cruelty. While there, she achieved the longest sentence for animal cruelty in the State of Alaska. Joan has also served as a prosecutor for the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, bringing the “hoverboad dentist” to justice for endangering patients with excessive sedation and defrauding the State of $2.1 million fraud. She currently serves as a Senior Assistant Attorney General for the State of Alaska.
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